AFP - Cadel Evans has been building steadily towards what would be an historic Tour de France victory for the past five years.
The European Commission has refused to give the region more time to cut emissions
The European Commission believes that the Federal and Flemish authorities haven?t done enough to prove that they are making efforts to reduce emissions of particulate matter. Belgium and eight other EU member states had asked for exemptions to a 2008
Clipping: Shetland-based Isle of Shuna to supply mussels to Delhaize in Belgium
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A curious co-incidence between generation yes and the european commission
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AFP - Russian Gazprom's recent deal to buy natural gas from Azerbaijan will not endanger Europe's flagship pipeline project Nabucco, Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said here Friday.
Reuters - A Chinese automaker has offered to buy a stake in General Motors unit Opel, challenging a deal from Canadian auto parts supplier Magna, sources said on Friday.
EU summons Iranian envoys over UK embassy detentions
By David Brunnstrom BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries summoned Iranian ambassadors on Friday to protest against the detention of Iranian staff of the British embassy in Tehran, but held off for now on tougher steps including visa bans. EU
Tom Boonen given last-minute clearance to ride in Tour
A French court has ruled that Belgian cyclist Tom Boonen is allowed to start in this year's Tour de France. Boonen had previously been banned by Tour organizers for failing an out-of-competition cocaine test.
Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830 and was occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II. It has prospered in the past half century as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU. Tensions between the Dutch-speaking Flemings of the north and the French-speaking Walloons of the south have led in recent years to constitutional amendments granting these regions formal recognition and autonomy.
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