Geography of Belgium

Access to the international airport in the Belgian capital of Brussels was blocked early on Thursday after a fire, Sputnik reported.

"The Brussels Airport was entirely blocked on Thursday starting at 5 a.m." the RTL broadcaster said. "A fire, a blackout and an ensuing computer failure have paralyzed the national airport."

Traffic jam is expected today in Sofia due to the renovation of boulevard Brussels which will continue until October 18, Nova TV reported.

The reason is the construction of a road link between the boulevard to Terminal 2 of Sofia Airport which is expected to improve the traffic substantially.

Sofia Municipality advise citizens to use the subway or the old road to the airport.

Belgian security forces have prevented a terrorist attack in the country's most populous city Antwerpen, announced Mayor Bart De Wever.

A man who tried to mow down pedestrians with a car in one of the central streets of the city has been arrested. The car was moving at high speed and people attempted to jump aside on the pavements.

A shotgun and several bladed weapons have been found in the car of a man who tried to drive at high speed through a busy shopping street in Antwerp, forcing pedestrians to jump out of the way.
The federal prosecutor’s office said the car was intercepted at the port docks and a Frenchman living in France was arrested.

BRUSSELS - A Brussels meeting of the Belgrade and the Pristina delegations as part of the top-level dialogue between the two sides ended shortly after 11 pm Wednesday.

The delegations left the EEAS building without making any statements, Tanjug's correspondent reported.

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Athens will be among the candidates for the best destinations in Europe for 2017. The online voting is organised by a site dedicated to promoting European tourism “Europeanbestdestinations.com”. Athens had come in second in last season’s voting for the continent’s 20 best place to visit. It is the 8th year in a row that people will vote for their favourite choice in Europe.

The islamic terrorists responsible for the attacks in Paris and Brussels were using a support network in Athens, according to Brussels court files used to try the members of terrorist cell of the Verviers attacks in Belgium.

A drunk Polish homeless man who triggered a major security alert at Amsterdam airport by claiming to be a "terrorist" faces charges of sparking a bomb hoax, prosecutors said April 14.

Novinite has asked Belgium's Ambassador to Bulgaria, H.E. Anick van Calster, to comment on how Brussels is recovering following the deadly attacks at the city's Zaventem airport and at a metro station that killed 32 people from around the world and left hundreds injured.

Mohamed Abrini, chief suspect in last year's November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris, has admitted that he is the third suicide bomber who was meant to blow himself up at the airport in Brussels during the March 22 attacks in the Belgian capital.