Charleroi, Belgium News

Chinese airline Hainan may challenge a bid by Lufthansa to buy Brussels Airlines, with the Asian firm already in talks to snap up Belgium's Charleroi airport.

Hundreds of Belgian children underwent thyroid gland tests on their first day back at school after a radioactive leak in the vicinity of Charleroi city a week ago, the government said Monday.

BELGIAN authorities have warned people living close to a medical laboratory of contamination risks following a radioactive iodine leak last weekend, an incident first considered as without danger.

Belgian authorities issued a safety alert after a leak of radioactive material from a research institute near the southern city of Charleroi.

Negotiators failed Monday to end a baggage handlers strike which badly affected flights at Brussels international airport, airport management said, paving the way for a second day of misery for travellers.

Are they just looking for a new patron, to keep funnelling the cash into corrupt, post-industrial socialist fiefdoms like the city of Charleroi? On the French side, 60 percent of respondents would like to ...

Darlene Pennline's mother gathered all documents linking their family to the Socialist Party and tossed them into the flames of a coal furnace in the 1950s.

Darlene Pennline's mother gathered all documents linking their family to the Socialist Party and tossed them into the flames of a coal furnace in the 1950s.

"The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton" --Duke of Wellington "Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have ...

Exterior view of the renovated museum. Photo: Philip Dujardin. CHARLEROI.- After its renovation in 1995, the Museum of Photography in Charleroi is preparing to experience a new evolution through the opening on ...

A Haut et Court release of a Versus Production, Mact Prods. presentation, with the participation of Centre due Cinema et de l'Audiovisuel de la Communaute Francaise de Belgique et des Teledistributeurs Wallons, ...

Meet the Claroline team at the trade show Rewics on Wednesday April, 23 on the "Gode" of Charleroi . via Claroline

Colin Farrell's movie In Bruges shows the Belgian city in a ravishing light, and spring is the perfect time to visit, writes Anthony Lamber Why go now? If you've seen In Bruges on the big screen, you've ... via Irish Independent

“We caused a bit of a stir. Austrians are world class sausage makers so beating them was a real feather in our cap.”

SERIOUSLY good sausages made to an 80-year-old Polish recipe have helped two Bolton brothers win a string of awards. via This Is Lancashire

Morocco's Royal Air Maroc has taken delivery of a new generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft, the second such aircraft the state-owned airline has received this year. via The View from Fez

A Lufthansa plane made an emergency landing in Belgium on Wednesday after the crew received warnings from cockpit instruments, the airline said. via PR-inside.com

“Without access to this document, and on the basis of the information provided by the complainant, the Commission has doubts about its compatibility with EU rules on State aid”

European Commission has launched a formal investigation into an agreement between Bratislava Airport and Ryanair. via RTE.ie

“Oddly, as a band with quite some history we have never been that comfortable dwelling too much on the past, no matter how glorious it may have been”

Simple Minds Still Alive And Kicking Friday, Mar 7, 2008 4:32AM Scotland's Simple Minds , who scored their biggest U.S. hit in 1985 with "Don't You Forget About Me," will take a break from readying a new album ... via Pollstar News

B.S.C.A. is the company that operates the airport infrastructures of Brussels South Charleroi, which is owned by the Walloon Region via the SOWAER. via Business Wire

BRUSSELS, Belgium - GE Security, Inc., a business of GE Enterprise Solutions , today announced its Homeland Protection business has sold and deployed two TSA-certified CTX 9000 DSi advanced technology ... via Earth Times