Tag Archives: Belgian

Eva Kaili was subject to “torture reminiscent of the Middle Ages” her Greek lawyer said on Thursday afternoon, following the hearing before the Judicial council in Brussels that will decide whether she remains in pre-trial custody or be remporary released with an ankle bracelet. “Mrs. Kaili remained for 6 hours …

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A Belgian court decided on Thursday evening that MEP Eva Kaili will remain in custody for one more month. She can appeal within 24 hours and her appeal will be examined within 15 days. The judicial council decided to extend the pretrial detention of 44-year-old Eva Kaili in Harem prisons …

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A foreign national was assassinated outside his house in Voula suburb of southern Athens late on Friday. Police is investigating the real identity of the victim, after it found that he man had two different identity cards from Belgium as well as a large amount of cash. The man was …

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A 33-year-old Belgian national was arrested in Papagou suburb of northern Athens on Friday. Police found that he was carrying explosive devices in his back-bag as well as containers with solid fuel. The man is known to authorities as anti-authoritarian. He was previously arrested in Belgium for arson and in …

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A very serious accident between a private car and a touristic bus carrying 38 Belgians to archeological site of Knossos occurred in Hersonisos on the island of Crete on Saturday morning. Dead is the car driver, while three of the bus passengers were slightly injured and taken to the general …

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A 22-year-old woman with Belgian citizenship was arrested on suspicion of membership in a terror group. The woman was arrested late Friday night while on a passenger ferry sailing from Italy to Greece, en route Bari-Corfu-Igoumenitsa. The arrest followed a Europol warrant on charges of extremism. The Greek Coast Guard …

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A Belgian national was found dead by passersby in Neos Kosmos district of Athens on Friday night. The man had a wound on the forehead. While police investigates the issue, a preliminary autopsy conducted on Saturday morning did not confirm initial suspicion that the Belgian tourist was shot. Police investigates …

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Un-be-lie-va-ble! A Belgian policeman kicked a handcuffed woman activist sitting down. The incident occurred in EU’s capital Brussels and the woman happened to be a Greek. A member of Spanish “indignados” who had joined the protests outside the bankrupt bank DEXIA.  The police brutality was filmed and the video made …

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Update 8 pm: The four Belgian F-16 that took off from Araxos on mission over Libya return back. Defencenet reported that they landed at Araxos air base with their armament (AIM-120 & AIM-9). It looks as if they just patrolled the No Fly Zone over Libya under NATO AWACS guidance. …

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Belgian European Affairs Minister Olivier Chastel said Friday that “Belgium has six F-16 stationed in Greece”. Now Greek General Staff sources claim that “Belgium has eight F-16 sstationed in Greece” Furthermore the Greek  military sources felt the need to explain how the Belgian F-16 came to Greece. Greek news portals …

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