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(Eagle News) — Philippines’ Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin Jr., had bilateral meetings with Netherlands’ Prime Minister Mark Rutte, and Hungarian Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Péter Szijjártó on Friday, October 19 in Brussels, Belgium. Locsin Jr., flew to Belgium to represent President Rodrigo Duterte at the 12th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit in Brussels, shortly after he was sworn in as DFA secretary on Wednesday, October 17, in Malacanang.
(Eagle News) – The Philippine government described as a “sham decision” the recent finding of the International People’s Tribunal in Brussels, Belgium that found President Rodrigo Duterte guilty of human rights violations for drug-related deaths in the war against drugs. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said that the IPT convened in Belgium had “no official sanction.” “I’m in this field of law, I do not know who sat there. They appear to be a propaganda body […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Several hundreds of people rallied in Brussels on Sunday to back the independence push in Catalonia, slam the EU and demand Spain release jailed regional officials. Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, who is in self-imposed exile in Belgium, was a no-show at the demonstration that included pro-independence European Parliament members and several members of the exiled regional government. “Democracy in Spain is not only sick, it is practically dead,” Spanish MEP Josep-Maria […]
by Cédric Simon Agence France PresseA knife-wielding man was shot dead on Friday after he wounded a soldier in the center of Brussels, in what Belgian authorities called a “terrorist attack.” The man, who prosecutors said yelled “Allahu akbar” (God is greatest) during the assault, was shot by soldiers on a street in the city which has been on high alert since terrorist attacks on its metro and airport last year. “We believe that it […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Belgian authorities on Wednesday identified the bomber killed by soldiers in a busy Brussels rail station as a 36-year-old Moroccan national. “The assailant has been identified as O.Z., born 20 January 1981 and of Moroccan nationality,” spokesperson Eric Van Der Sypt said at a press conference after Tuesday’s attack. “He was not known to the authorities for any terrorism connection,” Van Der Sypt said, declining to give the man’s full name […]
by Clément Zampa / Alex Pigman Agence France Presse Belgian soldiers shot a terror suspect after an explosion rocked the central train station in Brussels on Tuesday in the latest attack to hit Europe. Witnesses said the suspect shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest) before causing the blast, with local media saying the individual had activated an explosive belt. Authorities reported no casualties, apart from the attacker who was killed in the confrontation. Crying passengers […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — A suspect shouted out “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest) before causing an explosion at a Brussels railway station on Tuesday, a witness said. “I went down to the mezzanine level, someone was shouting. Then he cried ‘Allahu Akbar’, and he blew up a trolley,” Nicolas Van Herrewegen, a railway sorting agent, told reporters. “I was behind a wall when it exploded. I went down and alerted my colleagues to evacuate everyone. […]
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, […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — The European Union’s “real political” negotiations on Britain’s exit from the bloc will start after the snap British election in June, an EU spokesperson said Wednesday. “The real political negotiations on article 50 with the (United Kingdom) will start after the elections foreseen for the 8th of June,” European Commission spokesperson Margaritis Schinas told a press conference.
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) chief Jens Stoltenberg headed for Washington on Monday for the first time since United States President Donald Trump was elected, holding talks with senior officials about defeating the Islamic State group, his office said. Stoltenberg will meet US Defense Secretary James Mattis on Tuesday, then meet foreign ministers from the coalition working to defeat the group, according to his office.
BRUSSELS, Belgium (Reuters) — United States Vice President Mike Pence said on Monday (February 20) that President Donald Trump expects European allies to, by the end of the year, make “real progress” in a North Atlantic Treaty Organization pledge to spend more on defense. Pence said at the NATO headquarters in Brussels that although some NATO members respected their commitment to reach 2 percent of the gross domestic product on defense spending, others failed to do so. “The […]
by Danny KEMP BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — EU leaders backed down Friday from an explicit threat of sanctions against Russia over the bombing of Aleppo but warned that they would consider “all available options” if atrocities in Syria continue. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi demanded that any mention of possible punitive measures against Moscow over the Syrian carnage should be removed from a statement issued after a summit in Brussels. The climbdown underscored the deep […]
