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OSCE side event at Warsaw Human Dimension Conference highlights urgent need to prevent femicide
Preventing femicide - the gender-related killing of women and girls - was the central focus of a side event hosted by the OSCE Secretariat’s Gender Issues Programme under the WIN Project, and co-sponsored by the OSCE Delegations of Malta, Belgium...

Belgian Authorities Prevent Drone Attack Plot
(MENAFN) Belgian officials have reportedly disrupted a potential scheme to assassinate Prime Minister Bart De Wever and other government figures using a drone equipped with explosives, according to various news agencies on Thursday. Law...

Belgium could deploy soldiers to patrol Brussels
(MENAFN) Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken has indicated that soldiers could be deployed to patrol Brussels before year’s end as authorities face increasing pressure to address violent crime and restore order in the capital. Reports suggest...

Belgium Considers Deploying Troops in Brussels
(MENAFN) Belgium's Defense Minister Theo Francken has indicated that military forces could be sent to patrol the streets of Brussels before year’s end, as the federal government faces intensifying pressure to confront a spike in urban violence and...

President Cyril Ramaphosa: Media briefing on working visit to European Union, Brussels, Belgium
CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY President Ursula von der Leyen, Ambassadors, Ministers, Members of the media, It is a great honour and a privilege to have been invited to participate in the Global Gateway Forum. This initiative is opening up new...

President Cyril Ramaphosa: Global Gateway Forum, Brussels, Belgium
Your Excellency, President Ursula von der Leyen Fellow Heads of State and Government from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and Europe Honourable Ministers Distinguished Guests Ladies and Gentlemen Thank you for inviting South Africa to this...

President Cyril Ramaphosa arrives in Brussels to advance trade and investment at the EU Global Gateway Forum
President Cyril Ramaphosa has this evening, 08 October 2025, arrived in Brussels in the Kingdom of Belgium following a successful Official Visit to Ireland. At the invitation of the President of the European Commission, H.E. Ursula von der Leyen,...

President Cyril Ramaphosa attends Global Gateway Forum in Brussels, 9 to 10 Oct
President Cyril Ramaphosa has this evening, 08 October 2025, arrived in Brussels in the Kingdom of Belgium following a successful Official Visit to Ireland. At the invitation of the President of the European Commission, H.E. Ursula von der Leyen,...

President Cyril Ramaphosa appoints Minister Motshekga as Acting President
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Ms Angie Motshekga, to serve as Acting President of the Republic of South Africa during the concurrent absence from the country of both the President and the...

Google Reveals Plans to Invest USD5.8B in Belgium AI, Cloud Tech
(MENAFN) In a major move to strengthen its European digital footprint, Google announced on Wednesday a €5 billion ($5.8 billion) investment to scale up its cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in Belgium over the next two...

President Cyril Ramaphosa undertakes working visits to Ireland and Belgium, 8 and 9 October
President Cyril Ramaphosa to advance trade relations during working visits to Ireland and Belgium His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa will undertake working visits to Ireland on 08 October 2025 and to the Belgium on 09 October 2025. On...

Governor Newsom issues legislative update 10.6.25
News What you need to know: Governor Newsom announced a new partnership with Belgium, focusing on economic development and global trade. SAN FRANCISCO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced a new international partnership between California and...

Enphase Energy Adds Smart Water Heater Control in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland
FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Enphase Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENPH), a global energy technology company and the world's leading supplier of microinverter-based solar and battery systems, today announced the expansion of its IQ®...

Belgium Demands Strong Guarantees to Support Ukraine
(MENAFN) Belgium has firmly rejected the European Commission’s proposal to use Russia’s frozen central-bank reserves to fund loans for Ukraine unless there are solid guarantees of shared accountability, according to Prime Minister Bart De Wever....

Belgian MP Joins Freedom Flotilla, Demands Action on Gaza Genocide
(MENAFN) Belgian legislator Benedicte Linard has boarded the Freedom Flotilla en route to Gaza, urgently calling on the global community to intervene and stop what she denounced as an ongoing "genocide" in the besieged Palestinian region. Speaking...

California partners with Belgium to boost business, strengthen economic ties
SAN FRANCISCO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced a new international partnership between California and Belgium to grow economic relations and advance research and innovation, including in clean technologies. In San Francisco, the Governor...

EU-Singapore 11th Senior Officials' Meeting in Brussels, Belgium, 6 October 2025
The EU and Singapore held their 11th Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) in Brussels on 1 October 2025. The EU and Singapore took stock of progress achieved in bilateral and regional cooperation between the EU and ASEAN, as well as between the EU and...

TuxCare’s Head of Developer Relations Presents at Devoxx Belgium 2025
PALO ALTO, CA, UNITED STATES, October 6, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- TuxCare, a global innovator in securing open source, today announced that Baruch Sadogursky, Head of Developer Relations, serves as a speaker at Devoxx Belgium 2025, a premier...

International Athletes Praise Philippines as World-Class Host After Historic Pole Vault Competition
International pole vaulters celebrate together at the conclusion of the Atletang Ayala World Pole Vault Challenge in Makati City, Philippines, September 21, 2025. In photo [L-R]: Hokett Delos Santos (Philippines), Menno Vloon (Netherlands), Piotr...

International Athletes Praise Philippines as World-Class Host After Historic Pole Vault Competition
International pole vaulters celebrate together at the conclusion of the Atletang Ayala World Pole Vault Challenge in Makati City, Philippines, September 21, 2025. In photo [L-R]: Hokett Delos Santos (Philippines), Menno Vloon (Netherlands), Piotr...