AT LEAST four loud bangs have rocked the area near the EU parliament building in central Brussels, according to eyewitnesses.

Despite political unease across the continent, the top ranks of Europe’s Most Innovative Universities remain remarkably steady.

Lawmakers from Belgium’s French-speaking region of Wallonia voted against the EU-Canada trade deal (CETA) on Friday, threatening to derail the long delayed agreement.

Google faces a record antitrust fine of around 3 billion euros ($3.4 billion) from the European Commission in the coming weeks, the British newspaper Sunday Telegraph said.

The Belgian Interior Ministry has information on 386 Belgians who have participated in the Syrian war on the side of the terrorists, according to a recent state report, as quoted by Belgian newspaper Derniere Heure.

Islamic State (IS) has been operating training camps for attacks on the West, providing longer training and more autonomy to its recruits, AP reported, citing European and Iraqi intelligence officers as well as a French lawmaker.

Bombardiers joint venture i Kina har fått en order på 80 höghastighetsvagnar i sovtågsversion och i Belgien har Bombardier tillsammans med Alstom tecknat ramavtal om leverans av 1 362 dubbeldäckarvagnar.

A Belgian court has jailed the leader of a group that sent jihadists to Syria, in the largest-ever trial of its kind in the country.

Relative to the size of its population, no other country in Europe sends as many young jihadists to Syria as Belgium does.

A Western Intelligence source tells CNN that the ongoing terror threat appears to involve up to 20 sleeper cells of between 120 to 180 people ready to strike in France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.

I en tungt bevakad rättssal i Antwerpen sitter 8 islamister åtalad för att rekrytera unga människor som jihadister till terrororganisationen IS. Åtalet gäller totalt 46 personer där de övriga tros vara i Irak eller Syrien.

20 ton kött från Belgien och Storbritannien har smugglats in till Ryssland och hela lasten var kamouflerad som skarpsill från svarta havet.

Svenska lastbilstillverkaren Volvo planerar att investera flera miljoner euro i sin fabrik i Gent, Belgien.

Runt 160 - 170 jobb kommer att flyttas från Volvos centrallager i Eskilstuna till staden Gent i Belgien.

Volvokoncernen ska genomföra ett effektivitetsprogram som innebär neddragningar av konsulter och anställda, och effektiviseringar inom det globala industrisystemet.