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At least five Belgian lawyers have been denied visas to visit the United States this year because they have at one point or another defended a client accused of terrorism.
A 25-year-old woman in Uccle accused of posting an online message calling for an attack on the Belgian football squad's World Cup homecoming party has been charged with inciting terrorism and part
Philippe Vansteenkiste, chair of V-Europe (left), and João Lázaro of Victim Support Europe laid a wreath at the national monument for victims of terrorism in Brussels on 21 August, the first annua
Soldiers will gradually stop patrolling Belgian railway and metro stations from next month, the country's defence minister Stephen Vandeput has announced.
Police in Brussels have carried out spot checks on 95,000 homes in the past year to see who is living there - and have removed 8,000 people from the population register.
A shooting in Liège on 29 May in which three people were killed - two of whom were police officers - has been officially recognised as an act of terrorism.
Brussels police arrested a couple at the weekend who were planning a bomb attack in France. Special forces were on the scene, apparently based on intelligence.
The Belgian government serves as an example on how to counter national terrorism while upholding human rights obligations, according to a UN human rights expert.
The man who shot dead two women police officers and a 22 year-old student in Liège on Tuesday morning also killed another person on Monday night, said Belgian interior minister Jan Jambon.
