Eight masked gunmen forced their way through the security fence at the Brussels International airport, drove into the tarmac and stole diamonds worth $50 million. All this without firing a single gun shot. Officials say the entire act was completed in a few minutes. ...
11:04 AM, Feb 20, 2013
Robbers dressed as police and armed with machineguns have stolen 120 parcels of diamonds worth millions of dollars from the runway of Brussels Airport in one of the biggest heists the industry has seen. ...
07:36 AM, Feb 20, 2013
World's largest steelmaker ArcelorMittal on Thursday said it will close a coke plant and six production lines in Belgium hitting 1,300 jobs, a decision which may face resistance from Brussels. The Lakshmi Mittal-led company, which had shut down the liquid phase steel production facility in the same plant in the Liege region of Eastern Belgium in October, 2011, earlier in the day said "with regret" that it intends to close...
10:04 AM, Jan 25, 2013
Five Indian sailors aboard a German oil tanker were kidnapped by heavily armed pirates who attacked the ship in waters off Nigeria's southern coast which have become a hotbed of pirate activity. The ship's operators, Medallion Marine said on Thursday the ship SP Brussels was attacked roughly 65 kilometres off the oil-rich Niger Delta by pirates who stormed the vessel and looted it before taking five Indians hostage. ...
06:55 PM, Dec 19, 2012
Brussels: Hundreds of members of the Indian community paid tributes to four members of a Sikh family who were brutally murdered in the the Belgian capital, EuAsiaNews reported. Jasbir Singh's wife and their three young children were killed by a suspected Bangladeshi man in their home in Etterbeek area of Brussels on September 28. On Sunday evening, Sikh priests recited prayers for the deceased, while mourners placed flowers at the...
11:46 AM, Oct 08, 2012
New Delhi: In a grisly incident, four members of a Sikh family, including three children, have been found murdered in their home in Belgium's capital city of Brussels. The bodies were found by the head of the family Jasbir Singh on Friday night after he returned home from the restaurant where he worked. His wife and 3 children had been stabbed to death. Forensic teams scanned the crime scene on...
06:39 AM, Oct 01, 2012
Brussels: A Sikh woman and her three children have been found dead in their home in Brussels. The family hailed from Ludhiana in India, the EuAsiaNews reported on Sunday. It was the woman's husband who made the terrible discovery when he returned home from work on Friday. All four victims had their throats cut. The authorities have confirmed that they are investigating the crime, but have refused to comment further...
08:34 AM, Sep 30, 2012
Brussels: Under pressure to prevent a catastrophic breakup of their single currency, Eurozone leaders agreed on Friday to let their rescue fund inject aid directly into stricken banks from next year and intervene on bond markets to support troubled member states. They also pledged to create a single banking supervisor for Eurozone banks based around the European Central Bank in a landmark first step towards a European banking union that...
08:54 AM, Jun 30, 2012
Brussels: After 18 disappointing summits, Europe's leaders appeared on Friday to have finally come up with a set of measures that show they are serious about solving their crippling debt crisis. Meeting for the 19th time since the debt crisis exploded in late 2009, leaders of the 17 countries that use the euro currency agreed to let funds intended to bail out indebted governments funnel money directly to struggling banks...
03:33 PM, Jun 29, 2012
Brussels: If someone drops a fork at Dinner in the Sky, a seven-tonne platform may have to be lowered 50 metres to pick up a new one, so diners tend to keep a good grip on the cutlery. Joining a growing trend for extreme dining - from supper in the dark to eating in the jungle - Dinner in the Sky takes the concept to, well, new heights, with a...
06:45 PM, Jun 08, 2012
New Delhi: Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands made short work of the Polish-Chinese duo Alicja Rosolska and Jie Zheng to claim the Brussels Open on Saturday. In a one-sided contest, they won 6-3 6-2. It was the Indian's 14th doubles WTA title, and second this season after Pattaya. The tournament has been memorable for 25-year-old Sania as she also notched up his 500th professional win (singles and...
12:52 PM, May 27, 2012
Brussels: Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands stumbled into the WTA Brussels Open final beating Anastasia Rodionova and Casey Dellacqua 6-3 4-6 10-5, here on Thursday. The fourth-seeded Indo-American pair made a good start but faced stiff resistance from the Australian combo as the match progressed before winning in one hour and 21 minutes in the semi-finals of the USD 637,400 clay court Premier event. Sania and Mattek...
07:21 PM, May 24, 2012
Brussels: Sania Mirza recorded the 500th win of her professional career when she advanced to the doubles quarter-finals of the WTA Brussels Open here with her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands. The fourth seed Indo-American pair got the better of Mervana Jugic-Salkic and Sandra Klemenschits 6-4, 6-2 in the opening round of the $637,400 clay court event. They took an hour and five minutes to dispatch their rivals and will now...
03:55 PM, May 23, 2012
London: Brussels has drawn up a plan that could force Britain to admit 12,000 workers from India despite soaring unemployment at home, the Daily Mail reported. The order is part of an EU-wide plan to boost trade with India. EU officials say that, in return for opening up the jobs market, countries such as Britain will be helped to land lucrative export deals. But, of 40,000 workers who will be...
11:29 PM, Mar 02, 2012
European leaders reached a new deal on Friday to try and resolve the Eurozone debt crisis without UK's approval. ...
08:57 AM, Dec 10, 2011
Brussels: Working almost to exhaustion and persuading countries one by one, European leaders agreed Friday to redefine their continent - hoping that by joining their fiscal fortunes they might stop a crippling debt crisis, save the euro currency and prevent worldwide economic chaos. Only one country said no - Britain. It will risk isolation while the rest of the continent plots its future. The coalition came together in a marathon...
07:52 AM, Dec 10, 2011
Brussels: European Union leaders sealed a new fiscal pact ensuring tougher budget discipline but failed to agree on a treaty change to enshrine the rules, meaning a deal may now involve the 17 euro zone nations plus any others that want to join, diplomats said. An agreement involving all 27 EU members fell through - raising the prospect of a two-speed Europe - after British Prime Minister David Cameron demanded...
11:34 AM, Dec 09, 2011
At the two day summit in Brussels, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have called for treaty changes including tighter budgetary rules and deficit caps. ...
07:56 AM, Dec 09, 2011
Brussels: European leaders are wrestling over how much of their sovereignty they are willing to give up in a desperate attempt to save the ambitious project of continental unity that grew from the ashes of World War II. At stake at the summit in Brussels, which began on Thursday evening, is not only the future of the euro, but also the stability of the global financial system and the balance...
07:46 AM, Dec 09, 2011
Tripoli/Brussels: Europe and the United States stepped up diplomatic pressure on Muammar Gaddafi to quit, while on the ground his forces used their superior strength to press their advantage against rebels. President Barack Obama said on Friday the United States and its allies were tightening the noose around Gaddafi and European Union leaders meeting in Brussels said they would consider all options to force the Libyan leader to step down....
02:32 PM, Mar 12, 2011
