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    <text>Exhibits from over 100 countries are shown on display including Belgium. </text>
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    <text>A court in Brussels, Belgium, orders former diplomat Étienne Davignon to stand trial on charges of participation in war crimes in connection with the 1961 killing of former Congolese prime minister Patrice Lumumba. Davignon is the only surviving individual among those accused by Lumumba’s family of involvement in the case. </text>
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      <text>Former High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and two others are arrested in Belgium amid a fraud investigation. </text>
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    <text>Former European Union foreign and security policy chief Federica Mogherini and two others are arrested in Belgium amid a fraud investigation. </text>
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    <text>Unions in Belgium begin a three-day general strike across the country to protest Prime Minister Bart de Wever's government of &quot;social dismantling&quot; through budget cuts in their savings program. </text>
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      <text>The United Kingdom announces it is deploying its military to Belgium to help protect its airports amid a series of suspected Russian drone incursions over the country's airspace. </text>
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    <text>The United Kingdom announces it is deploying its military to Belgium to help protect its airports amid a series of drone incursions over the country's airspace. </text>
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    <text>Belgian foreign minister Maxime Prévot announces that Belgium will conditionally recognize a Palestinian state at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly session upon the release of hostages and removal of Hamas, and impose sanctions on Israel, including bans on products from Israeli settlements and restrictions on certain public contracts. </text>
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      <text>Belgian VRT and Spanish RTVE call for a debate on Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. </text>
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      <text>Belgian VRT and Spanish RTVE call for a debate on Israel's participation in Eurovision. </text>
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    <text>National broadcasters VRT of Belgium and RTVE of Spain call for a debate on Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. </text>
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    <slug>/feed/2025/02/15/a-man-is-shot-dead-at-the-clemenceau-metro-station-in-brussels-belgium-the-shooting-is-connected-to-the-ongoing-drug-w</slug>
    <text>A man is shot dead at the Clemenceau metro station in Brussels, Belgium. The shooting is connected to the ongoing drug war in the city since the start of the year, which has already killed another person and wounded three more. </text>
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      <text>A fourth shooting takes place in Brussels, Belgium, within a few days, and is related to two of the other three shootings. As a result, the six separate police zones in Brussels will start working under one command. </text>
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      <text>A fourth shooting takes place in Brussels, Belgium within a few days. The shooting is related to two of the other shootings. As a result, the six separate police zones in Brussels will start working under one command. </text>
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      <text>A fourth shooting in Brussels takes place in Belgium within a few days. The shooting is related to two of the other shootings. As a result the six separate police zones in Brussels will start working under one command from today. </text>
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    <text>A person is killed as a fourth shooting takes place in Brussels, Belgium, within a few days. The murder is related to the other three non-fatal shootings. As a result, the six separate police zones in Brussels will start working under one command. </text>
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      <text>An agreement is reached among five political parties to form a new coalition government to be headed by future prime minister Bart De Wever </text>
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    <text>An agreement is reached among five Belgian political parties to form a new coalition government to be headed by future prime minister Bart De Wever. </text>
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  <text>Two children and two adults die in a collision between a train and a school but in Buggenhout in northern Belgium. </text>
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