The member states of NATO are meeting Tuesday to discuss the Russian fighter jet that Turkey has broken down. The 28 NATO ambassadors hold an additional meeting in Brussels, the treaty organization announced.
One of the most prominent and leading tourist attractions of Brussels, the Atomium is open to the public Tuesday. Although the highest level of terror is still in force in Brussels, visitors can take a look at the famous building.
People who take the high-speed Thalys soon have first passed through a security gate. The French transport minister Ségolène Royal has this Tuesday.
A stop between the political leaders of the European Union and Turkey takes place Sunday in Brussels. EU Minister Donald Tusk, who presides over the summits, consultations Monday announced via Twitter. The goal of the talks is to "give our relationship new energy and to curb the flow of migrants," continued the tweet.
The terror level in Brussels continues until next Monday at four. That made the Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel announced Monday night, after a new threat analysis by the Coordination Unit for Threat Analysis (OCAD) and after consultation with the National Security Council.
Companies in and around Brussels as a result of the terrorist threat in the Belgian capital and their staff can not associate may use a temporary unemployment scheme.
Passengers on international trains Thalys, TGV and ICE from Brussels-Midi or Antwerp Central are invited thirty minutes earlier to be present for security checks. This was reported by the international arm of the Belgian railway SNCB Monday on Twitter. The security checks are a result of the high threat level in the Brussels Region.
Terror Islamic State Movement has released a new video in which the attacks are glorified in Paris. The Belgian Syrian scholar Ostaeyen Pieter reported on Twitter. IS via Twitter also proud about the terrorist threat and the associated safety measures in Paris and Brussels.
The home delivery of meals and shopping online do have soared in Brussels at the weekend. In Brussels goes Since Saturday, the highest threat level and people are advised to avoid crowded places. Also many shops and restaurants closed the doors. A golden opportunity for home delivery sites.
Two large hospitals in Brussels on Monday additional measures as a result of high terror threat in the Belgian capital. Especially the patient visit is limited.
With a photo of a large container of cat thanked the Belgian federal police Monday afternoon all those Sunday night audience gave the call to not tweet about the police actions in Brussels Sunday evening. Some people put pictures of their cat with the hashtag Brussels Lockdown. That example was soon followed and Monday even happened yet massively. "It was quite amusing. And wise also. It was after that call very little information out there, I do have the idea that it worked, '' said Peter Kerkhof, professor of social media at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
In seven raids in Brussels and Liège, the Belgian police Monday morning, five people were arrested.
There is no specific threat of an attack on the European institutions. That said a spokesman for the European Commission Monday, based on information from the Belgian authorities.
Public life in Brussels on Monday virtually ground to a halt. Subways not drive, schools, universities and kindergartens are closed and many shops, cafes and restaurants keep the doors closed, due to the highest threat level.
It is according to the Belgian Minister of the Interior Jan Jambon too early to know whether the terror threat after police actions Sunday declined. He said the actions at least not yet ended. "The action is not done yet. We will continue until we have rolled up the whole thing," said the minister in the Belgian journal.
The European Council Sunday raised its own threat level for terrorist attacks from yellow to orange after the Belgian authorities had determined that it remains level for Brussels Monday on the highest level. According to the Council it is a preventive measure.
In the center of Brussels, the Radisson Blu sealed off. Heavily armed soldiers leave anyone out.
The terror threat in Brussels remains at the highest level. Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel also reported Sunday that the schools remain closed on Monday.
Former mayor of Molenbeek Philippe Moureaux (PS) denies that its policy was too loose, but admits he has made mistakes. He should deal more with the young people in the disputed Brussels municipality, he said Sunday on Belgian television.
The building of Medialaan, a Belgian media company, is Sunday afternoon after possible threats cleared. That the company in Vilvoorde, which lies on the northern outskirts of Brussels, reported.
The metro runs Monday in Brussels probably again,null, because we are not economically paralyze city '', said Sunday the Belgian Minister of Justice Koen Geens.
The highest state of alert regarding the terrorist threat remains in power in Brussels. During the day it is checked whether there is a change in, reported the crisis center. Public life is Saturday almost to a halt as a result of the threat.
Concerned people have massively Saturday phoned the hotline, which is open because of the increased threat of terrorism around Brussels. Twenty employees of the Crisis Center of the Interior received four hundred people per hour on the phone, write Belgian media Sunday.
The municipality of Brussels close to the owners of restaurants and cafes advised tonight the doors. That is not an obligation but a recommendation, said a spokesman for Mayor Yvan Mayeur told the daily De Morgen.
Special units of the Belgian police have four people arrested Saturday at the Grand Sablon in the heart of the city. The four were in a suspicious car, said a spokesman.
The US Embassy in Belgium has called compatriots in Brussels to not go out the door. " If you do go outside, avoid large crowds," warns the embassy.
Despite the rain and the increased terror threat in Brussels Search hundreds of tourists and day trippers Saturday still just the tourist attractions of the Belgian capital on.
What is now known about those behind the terrorist attacks in Paris, which has killed 130 people's lives ?
All shopping centers in Brussels or be closed today, following the increased terror threat in Belgium.
The arrest of a man in Brussels, Friday night, there the reason for tonight was the threat level in the Belgian capital increase to the highest level.
