Near Antwerp drove a Benelux train twice through a red signal in November because the driver ignored the signal. According to the Belgian newspaper De Morgen the train came to a stop only when he himself pulled the emergency brake after receiving a distress call. International Benelux train ride from Amsterdam to Brussels.
All entrances to the train stations in Brussels, Antwerp and Liege are open again. After the terrorist attacks of March 22 in Brussels side entrances were closed for travelers to simplify security and not too much to burden the police and the army.
The Belgian Socialist rail union threatens between 12 and 26 June to stop work. The strikes can football fans who want to take trains for the European Championship in France.
The train crash earlier this week in Belgium that left three people dead, was due to the lack of a safety system.
By storms Tuesday evening in Brussels are several subway stations flooded. Also, streets are flooded in the Belgian capital, reported Belgian media.
In the wheel of a plane Tuesday afternoon at Zaventem Airport found the body of a deceased man. The unit of Brussels Airlines departed from Dakar, capital of Senegal, the Public Ministry reported.
Non-European countries participating in taking back migrants who are not entitled to stay in Europe, can look forward to financial and other benefits. Conversely, followed by obstruction penalties.
The heavy rainfall in Belgium has claimed the life of a third person. Monday night of an elderly woman's body was found earlier that day was swept away by the water, the mayor of Welkenraedt reports where the accident occurred.
Leaders next month of the European Union met with US President Barack Obama. The summit will take place in the sidelines of the NATO summit in Warsaw.
The EU countries are also Monday not reached a common position on the controversial herbicide glyphosate. The permit for the pesticide expires on 1 July. The impasse lasts a while.
The heavy rainfall in the south of Belgium, the life of a 83-year-old man taken in the Walloon municipality of Momignies. He is the second victim of the flooding in Belgium.
A. Hamid, the inspector received a tip in November about the final hideout of terror suspect Salah Abdeslam, a complaint against the top of the Mechelen police. He does not take it to the chief information would be mentioned unclear and unreliable, he said Monday in Belgian media.
A passenger train in the Belgian province of Liege crashed into a freight train. Doing so would have fallen several wounded, left rail manager know Infrabel. About the number of victims has yet been announced.
The Belgian Senate website Sunday unreachable. A hacker group, Down-Sec, said to be responsible. According to the collective attack was a protest against the idea of a minister to introduce a 45-hour workweek.
The Belgian Princess Astrid was the victim near Paris of a robbery. That confirmed the Royal Palace. Her purse was stolen from her car, more details were not disclosed.
Three terror suspects of the attacks in Paris were arrested in Belgium in November will be extradited to France. A court issued in Brussels Friday that green light, says the federal prosecutor.
The Belgian rail workers announced a new strike. The rail unions and SNCB management are again not reached an agreement.
Düsseldorf's Old Town should have been the scene of IS by a bloody terrorist attack. Thursday, German police arrested four suspects, but according to information from the magazine Spiegel were the terror plan far greater. IS least ten terrorists were to ensure a bloodbath.
Lovers of Belgian beers can now send emoji as their beer of preference. Indeed, there is released an app in which 62 different beers in emojivorm be contained, the Belgian newspaper De Standaard writes.
Mothers can be quite concerned about their children, especially when they travel. The Mexican Jonathan Quiñonez (27) came up with a nifty solution to reassure her: a 'Mom, I'm oké'-Instagramaccount.
After nine days there will be an end to the rail strike in Belgium. Friday 22:00 train traffic must ride again according to the timetable. The strikers then resume their work, the unions announced.
Friday, travelers in Belgium by holding a rail strike into account limitations of the rail. The connections to and from Germany, such as the ICE trains between Frankfurt and Brussels, can be taken.
Diesel Cars for 1997 from 2018 prohibited in the Brussels region. The government of the Belgian capital, which consists of nineteen towns, on Thursday reached an agreement on an air, climate and energy plan to help reduce pollution in the city.
The female giant panda who lives in the Belgian zoo Pairi Daiza, gave birth on the night of Wednesday to Thursday. That the zoo reported in the Walloon Bergen Thursday.
The controversial weedkiller glyphosate should be allowed until the European Agency for Chemicals (ECHA) has issued a scientific opinion on the degree of carcinogenicity of the agent. That proposal did Commissioner vytenis andriukaitis (Health and Food Safety) Wednesday.
Polish dealing with the rule of law is reason for the European Commission to warn the country officially. That made Vice-President Frans Timmermans Wednesday.
Financial markets dived Tuesday afternoon deeper into the red after new concerns about support from the British on leaving the European Union, erupted.
Belgian television viewers have to do it from Wednesday without teletext. The number of users in recent years took a sharp dive, reason for the Flemish Radio and Television Organization (VRT) in order to quit after more than 35 years.
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google and Microsoft have signed to fight hate messages on the Internet. Illegal hateful content and incitement to violence must therefore be removed within 24 hours of internet.
The strike that lays flat rail in Wallonia and parts of Flanders is not over yet. The unions Monday submitted a proposal of the management for their supporters, but that did not go down well. For Wednesday is invested new consultations.
