Archiv: Belgien / Belgium


08.10.2025 - 15:40 [ Freedom Flotilla Coalition / Youtube ]

Gaza Sunbirds Attacked and Abducted by Israeli Military in International Waters

The ‘Gaza Sunbirds’ crew were illegally intercepted and abducted by the Israel military.

We call on all our governments and people of conscience to condemn Israel‘s crimes, to demand the immediate release of all abducted crew, and to demand an end to Israel’s illegal blockade and ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Take action NOW:
• Tag, email, and call your Ministry of Foreign Affairs and elected officials
Join or organise a protest in your city
• Use the ‘RISEFOR’ campaign to pressure your government in 2 minutes
• Donate or join the next wave of flotilla (links in bio) – we will not stop until Palestine is free
• Share this call widely on social media and with your network

08.10.2025 - 15:25 [ Freedom Flotilla Coalition / Youtube ]

Um Saad Boat and Crew Attacked by Israeli Military in International Waters

Oct 8, 2025 #BreakThe #ActNow #Conscience
We call on all our governments and people to condemn Israel’s crime of illegally intercepting our flotilla, and to demand the immediate release of all abducted crew. Our governments must end Israel’s illegal blockade and ongoing genocide of Gaza.

Take action NOW:
•Tag, email, and call your Ministry of Foreign Affairs and elected officials
• Join or organise a protest in your city
• Boycott Israeli products and companies
• Pressure your government to enforce an arms embargo and diplomatic sanctions on Israel
• Pressure institutions and your work place to divest from and sanction Israel
• Use the ‚RISEFOR‘ campaign (link in bio) to pressure your government in 2 minutes
• Donate or join the next wave of flotilla – we will not stop until Palestine is free. Share this call widely on social media and with your network

03.10.2025 - 12:06 [ Liberty 365 / Youtube ]

Pro-Palestinian Protest in Brussels After Israel SEIZES Global Sumud Flotilla

Pro-Palestinian activists staged a major demonstration in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday, October second, following Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla. The protest took place in front of the European Parliament, where hundreds of demonstrators gathered with Palestinian flags and banners, chanting slogans in support of Gaza and condemning Israel’s actions.

02.10.2025 - 03:02 [ Global Sumud Flotilla Commentary / X ]

URGENT — Brussels: A spontaneous protest has erupted in support of the Global Sumud Flotilla as Israeli forces begin interception. After gathering at Place de la Bourse, demonstrators are now marching toward the Foreign Ministry.

(video)

23.09.2025 - 09:06 [ CNN ]

September 22, 2025: UN two-state solution summit and Middle East news

Multiple European countries announced recognition of a Palestinian state during a summit at the UN General Assembly on Monday. The countries who recognized Palestine today include France, Belgium, Monaco, Luxembourg and Malta. Britain, Canada, Australia and Portugal formally recognized Palestine yesterday.

02.09.2025 - 20:08 [ Politico.eu ]

Belgium to recognize Palestine, sanction Israel

The recognition of Palestine would only be formalized if Hamas releases all remaining Israeli hostages kidnapped in the Oct. 7, 2023 attack and the militant group “no longer has any role in managing Palestine,” Prévot said.

In the meantime, Belgium will also impose “firm sanctions” on the Israeli government, Prévot said. The measures include a ban on importing products from illegal settlements, a review of public procurement policies with Israeli companies and restrictions on consular assistance to Belgians living in illegal settlements.

02.09.2025 - 20:01 [ Euronews.com ]

Jetzt auch Belgien: Weiteres Land will Palästina bei UN-Generalversammlung als Staat anerkennen

Die Sanktionen umfassen ein Verbot der Einfuhr von Produkten aus israelischen Siedlungen, eine Überprüfung der öffentlichen Beschaffungspolitik mit israelischen Unternehmen und Einschränkungen der konsularischen Unterstützung für belgische Staatsangehörige, die in den illegalen Siedlungen leben.

Sie werden auch mögliche gerichtliche Verfolgungen, Überflug- und Transitverbote sowie die Einstufung von zwei extremistischen israelischen Ministern, Hamas-Führern und mehreren gewalttätigen Siedlern als „Persona non grata“ in Belgien umfassen.

28.08.2025 - 20:30 [ BBC ]

Rwanda: How the genocide happened

(May 17, 2011)

When the Belgian colonists arrived in 1916, they produced identity cards classifying people according to their ethnicity.

The Belgians considered the Tutsis to be superior to the Hutus. Not surprisingly, the Tutsis welcomed this idea, and for the next 20 years they enjoyed better jobs and educational opportunities than their neighbours.

Resentment among the Hutus gradually built up, culminating in a series of riots in 1959. More than 20,000 Tutsis were killed, and many more fled to the neighbouring countries of Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda.

When Belgium relinquished power and granted Rwanda independence in 1962, the Hutus took their place. Over subsequent decades, the Tutsis were portrayed as the scapegoats for every crisis.

This was still the case in the years before the genocide.

07.04.2025 - 20:15 [ US State Department ]

Secretary Rubio’s Meeting with Belgian Prime Minister De Wever

(April 4, 2025)

Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever today in Brussels and discussed shared priorities including NATO defense spending, China, and counternarcotics. They also reviewed ongoing coordination to enhance stability and security in Europe and around the world.

07.04.2025 - 20:07 [ JNS.org ]

U-turn: Brussels won’t arrest Netanyahu, Belgian PM says

(April 4, 2025)

France, Hungary and Poland are among the countries that said they would not act on the arrest warrant. Germany and Italy criticized the warrant without explicitly saying they would ignore it. The Netherlands and Austria are among the countries that criticized it but said they would act on it.

07.04.2025 - 20:07 [ Brussels Times ]

Belgium would likely not arrest Israeli PM Netanyahu – De Wever

(Friday, 4 April 2025)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is currently under an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). However, on Thursday night Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever (N-VA) said he would likely not be detained if he were on Belgian soil, sparking outrage from the Green opposition on Friday.

11.01.2025 - 22:20 [ Solhyd.eu ]

The technology: A solar panel that produces hydrogen

Air contains moisture. The water molecules in the air are captured by the panel when the airstream enters the device.

Solhyd technology can be applied in many locations around the globe. Only the most arid places on Earth are expected to be too dry for hydrogen panels to work efficiently.

03.09.2024 - 13:50 [ Solhyd.eu ]

Successful production of hydrogen panels

(November 15, 2024)

Solhyd not only develops technology to produce hydrogen from air and sunlight. We also develop methods to produce that technology in a cost-effective and reliable manner. Efficient production, with cost reductions driven by scale benefits, will eventually lead to the lowest cost approach to make hydrogen from solar energy.

We took the first step in that process this year.

03.09.2024 - 13:31 [ Katholieke Universiteit Leuven ]

Green energy breakthrough thanks to KU Leuven scientists

(02 October 2019)

For over a decade, Professor Johan Martens and Drs. Tom Bosserez, Jan Rongé and Christos Trompoukis have been developing a ‘solar hydrogen panel’, i.e. a solar panel that can create hydrogen from the water vapour in the air. Using sunlight, moisture taken from the air – i.e. no liquid water – is split into hydrogen on the one hand, and oxygen molecules on the other.

The panel is able to directly convert no less than 15 per cent of sunlight into hydrogen gas, Which is a world record

09.05.2024 - 09:52 [ Guardian News / Youtube ]

Pro-Palestinian protests spread across European universities

(07.05.2024)

Demonstrations have taken place in Berlin, Vienna, Amsterdam and Belgium, where students have set up encampments and called for a ceasefire in Gaza. Violent clashes erupted in Amsterdam and authorities said at least 125 people were detained. In Berlin, students formed a human chain to protect their camp while police detained several people. The protests are in response to Israel‘s bombardment of Gaza.

01.05.2024 - 18:20 [ Times of India ]

Five EU Nations Likely To Recognise Statehood For Palestine; Unhappy Israel Dubs Stance ‚Prize For Terrorism‘

Watch as EU‘s Foreign Policy Chief reveals at the World Economic Forum that five EU members, including Spain, Ireland, Belgium, Slovenia, and Malta, may recognize Palestinian statehood by the end of May.

11.02.2024 - 19:20 [ Netzpolitik.org ]

Internet-Kontrolle: Belgien setzt Überwachungs-KI der deutschen Medienaufsicht ein

KIVI wurde zunächst für deutschsprachige Inhalte entwickelt. Dafür sucht KIVI etwa nach verdächtigen Wörtern. Die genaue Liste möchte die Medienaufsicht jedoch nicht offenlegen. Bislang bekannte Wörter sind etwa „Terror“, „Mord“, „Islam“, „Juden“, „Christen“ – sie können KIVI etwa auf extremistische Inhalte hinweisen.

Beim Einsatz in Belgien geht es um Inhalte auf Französisch.

27.12.2023 - 10:52 [ Wikipedia ]

International recognition of the State of Palestine: No diplomatic recognition

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11.12.2023 - 15:27 [ Ewa Jasiewicz / Twitter ]

BREAKING.. Activists shut down Elbit suppliers OIP Sensor Systems in Belgium! #StopArmingIsrael

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0s-7FRtVIv/

10.11.2023 - 09:00 [ ProtonVPN.com ]

What countries are in the 5 Eyes, 9 Eyes, and 14 Eyes agreements?

Fourteen Eyes agreement countries

Fourteen Eyes (or 14 Eyes) refers to the intelligence group that consists of the Five Eyes member countries plus:

– Belgium
– Denmark
– France
– Germany
– Italy
– The Netherlands
– Norway
– Spain
– Sweden

These countries participate in SIGINT sharing as third parties. The official name of the Fourteen Eyes is the SIGINT Seniors of Europe (SSEUR), which has existed in one form or another since 1982. Similar to the UKUSA Agreement, its original mission was to uncover information about the USSR.

A SIGINT Seniors Meeting is attended by the heads of the SIGINT agencies (NSA, GCHQ, BND, the French DGSE, etc.) and is where they can share intelligence and discuss related issues. While this group has many of the same members as the “Nine Eyes”, it is a different group. According to leaked documents, the Fourteen Eyes is not a formal treaty but rather an agreement made between SIGINT agencies.

10.11.2023 - 08:55 [ Techspot.com ]

A Surveillance Primer: 5 Eyes, 9 Eyes, 14 Eyes

(August 15, 2022)

The Five Eyes (FVEY) surveillance alliance includes the following countries:
– Australia
– Canada
– New Zealand
– United Kingdom
– United States

(…)

The Nine Eyes countries include:

– 5 Eyes countries +
– Denmark
– France
– Netherlands
– Norway

(…)

The 14 Eyes surveillance countries include:

– 9 Eyes countries +
– Germany
– Belgium
– Italy
– Sweden
– Spain

02.08.2023 - 11:35 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utopie ]

Sie wissen von der Bundeswehr-Beteiligung an der Kriegsflotte im Persischen Golf, oder?

(3. August 2021)

24. Juni 2019: Der damalige U.S.-Außenminister Mike Pompeo fordert eine „globale Koalition“ gegen den Iran. passenderweise vorgetragen bei einem Blitzbesuch Pompeos in Saudi-Arabien.

4. August 2019: Ich lege mich fest und prognostiziere, dass „Bundeswehr-Marine .. noch vor Weihnachten unter Oberbefehl einer ausländischen Macht in den Persischen Golf entsandt“ wird.

(…)

20. Januar 2020: Monate vor der Ausrufung des bis heute andauernden Ausnahmezustands und bereits im Windschatten von SARS II („Coronavirus“), beschließen die Staatsführungen von Frankreich, Deutschland, Griechenland, Italien, der Niederlande, Belgien, Dänemark und Portugal in einer gemeinsamen Erklärung die „European-led maritime surveillance mission in the Strait of Hormuz“ (E.M.A.S.O.H.), von der Sie und 80 Millionen Andere bis heute nie gehört haben.

15.07.2023 - 15:31 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utopie ]

Sie wissen von der Bundeswehr-Beteiligung an der Kriegsflotte im Persischen Golf, oder?

(3. August 2021)

24. Juni 2019: Der damalige U.S.-Außenminister Mike Pompeo fordert eine „globale Koalition“ gegen den Iran. passenderweise vorgetragen bei einem Blitzbesuch Pompeos in Saudi-Arabien.

4. August 2019: Ich lege mich fest und prognostiziere, dass „Bundeswehr-Marine .. noch vor Weihnachten unter Oberbefehl einer ausländischen Macht in den Persischen Golf entsandt“ wird.

(…)

20. Januar 2020: Monate vor der Ausrufung des bis heute andauernden Ausnahmezustands und bereits im Windschatten von SARS II („Coronavirus“), beschließen die Staatsführungen von Frankreich, Deutschland, Griechenland, Italien, der Niederlande, Belgien, Dänemark und Portugal in einer gemeinsamen Erklärung die „European-led maritime surveillance mission in the Strait of Hormuz“ (E.M.A.S.O.H.), von der Sie und 80 Millionen Andere bis heute nie gehört haben.

13.07.2023 - 16:31 [ Romania-Insider.com ]

NATO countries to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets in Romania

(12 July 2023)

A coalition of 11 nations decided during the recent NATO summit in Lithuania to start training Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets in August in Denmark. A training center will also be set up in Romania for the same purpose.

NATO members Denmark and the Netherlands have been leading international efforts to train pilots as well as support staff, maintain aircraft and ultimately enable the supply of F-16s to Ukraine in its war with Russia, according to Reuters.

13.07.2023 - 16:00 [ Pravda.com.ua ]

Group of 11 countries forms coalition for training Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighters

(11.07.2023)

The Ministry of Defence of Denmark reported that Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden and the UK agreed to start the training of Ukrainians on the F-16 fighters.

The training is expected to start at the end of the summer and will be conducted in Denmark.

07.07.2023 - 16:55 [ stearthinktank.com ]

Five Eyes, Six Eyes, Europe’s Eyes? Europe-Five Eyes Cooperation in the Face of China

(Mar 27, 2021)

In the short term, Europe may be able to shrug off the illegality of its data-sharing practices under the GDPR, and please privacy advocates with adequacy reviews, but in the long term the violation of Europe’s own data privacy crownpiece is sure to harm its international credibility.

30.06.2023 - 19:14 [ aa.com.tr ]

Protests erupt in Belgium over killing of teen delivery driver in France by police

A number of people took to the streets of Belgium’s capital on Thursday to support protests in France over the police killing of a 17-year-old delivery driver in a Paris suburb, setting vehicles on fire before police intervened and detained some of them

According to local media, a group of young people issued a call on social media in support of the demonstrations in France over the death of the teenager, identified as Nahel M., who was shot and killed by a police officer on Tuesday in Nanterre after failing to stop during a traffic check.

05.06.2023 - 19:37 [ Reuters ]

Belgium investigating whether its weapons were used in Russia, PM says

„European weapons are delivered to Ukraine under the condition that they are used on Ukrainian territory with the purpose of defending that territory. And we have strict controls in place to see that this is the case,“ he said.

De Croo declined to comment on possible consequences if the reports were confirmed.

05.06.2023 - 19:33 [ Washington Post ]

Shelling hits Russia’s Belgorod region as militias mount cross-border attack

Belgorod’s governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, blamed the attacks on Ukraine’s military, but two anti-Putin paramilitary groups have claimed credit for them. (…)

The pro-Ukrainian militias, which claimed to have carried out a series of cross-border incursions in recent days, said their forces had mounted another attack on government facilities and taken Russian soldiers prisoner over the weekend.

05.06.2023 - 19:16 [ FabianKaiser / Nitter ]

Nato-Waffen in Belgorod eingesetzt? Belgische Regierung fordert Aufklärung von Kiew

05.06.2023 - 05:39 [ Washington Post ]

Use of NATO arms for attack in Russia raises doubts about Kyiv’s controls

(June 3, 2023)

Three of the Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, also known as MRAPs, taken into Russia by the fighters were provided by the United States and the fourth was from Poland, according to people familiar with the U.S. intelligence finding, which has not previously been reported.
(…)
The fighters also carried rifles made by Belgium and the Czech Republic and at least one AT-4 antitank weapon in common use among U.S. and Western troops, according to photos verified by The Washington Post.

28.05.2023 - 11:40 [ Karo CH / Nitter ]

Die EZB hebt Zinsen weiter an. Das Resultat weiter steigender Zinsen aber könnte die Wirtschaft in Deutschland noch stärker unter Druck bringen. Vor allem für die deutsche Industrie weisen alle Indikatoren weiter nach unten.

(…)

04.05.2023 - 07:56 [ Alliance-Sahel.org ]

Sahel Alliance

In July 2017, France, Germany and the European Union, along with the African Development Bank, the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), launched the Sahel Alliance, an international cooperation platform to do more and better in the Sahel region. Since its launch, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Denmark, the European Investment Bank, Norway, Sweden, the United States and Canada have joined the initiative as full members.

The Sahel Alliance has also 9 observer members: Japan, Belgium, Switzerland, Finland, the International Finance Corporation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Ireland and the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.