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The number of Belgian troops in Afghanistan will gradually decline from the beginning of 2016, according to defence minister Steven Vandeput, report various Belgian media.
Belgium’s defence ministry will next month place an order for 40 smart vests with defence and security company Thales Netherlands.
Federal government budget cuts are forcing Belgium’s defence minister Steven Vandeput to make critical choices about the Belgian army’s priorities, according to De Morgen.
The head of military intelligence in Belgium, General Eddy Testelmans, gave out false information about three planned terrorist attacks, the I Committee has concluded in a report.
Three non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for the protection of human rights, the CNAPD, Vrede and Ligue des droits de l'Homme, have filed a lawsuit against the deployment of soldiers in three B
Belgium’s King Philippe yesterday visited the Beauvechain Air Base, where he conducted a nearly one-hour flight with one of the Belgian Army’s new helicopters of the type NH90, reports Knack.be.
Belgium should do away with its two frigates, or very large warships, because they are expensive and unnecessary, according to Heinrich Brauss, deputy secretary general of defence at Nato.
The Cabinet is due to decide this morning whether to send a small reconnaissance mission to Baghdad, Iraq, to prepare for the deployment of 50 Belgian soldiers on the ground in the Iraqi capital.
Belgium has received an official request to send Belgian troops to Iraq, to help train the Iraqi troops and offer support in the fight against the jihadists of the Islamic State (IS), according to
