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Explosion rocks Brussels train station, one suspect shot: Belgian media

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — An explosion rocked the central train station in Brussels on Tuesday and a man was shot by police during the incident, prosecutors told Belgian media. The incident took place around 1900 GMT, causing the city’s Gare Centrale to be evacuated. The nearby Grand Place, a major tourist destination, was also evacuated. “A crowd panicked in the station and ran for the tracks after an incident,” said Arnaud Reyman, spokesperson for Infrabel, […]

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IMF participation in Greek bailout “non-negotiable”, says EU’s Dijsselbloem

BELGIUM, Brussels (AFP) — The participation of the International Monetary Fund in the Greek bailout programme is “non-negotiable”, the head of eurozone finance ministers said on Thursday (January 26). Speaking at the end of a monthly meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Brussels, Jeroen Dijsselbloem said future bailout programmes for Greece may be carried out without the IMF, but for the current one, the participation of the IMF was “non-negotiable” because of the expertise of […]

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