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Vor 5 Tagen · For decades, Belgium failed to return the remains of hundreds of people taken by force from former colonies. A draft law could change that, but critics say it is not going far enough. The skull of ...
Belgium declared war on Germany for the first time in its history, which caused German armies to rush Belgium on August 3 on the city of Liège, which they seized. On August 8, the city officially fell into German hands. The Belgian army, however, put up more resistance than the German strategists had expected. The resistance of the forts, numerous around Liège, slowed down the German advance ...
- 21 August 1914
- Belgian civilians
Vor 4 Tagen · Belgium was occupied from 28 May 1940 to February 1945 – and as many as 150,000 Belgians are believed to have participated in the resistance, 40,000 of which were arrested and 15,000 did not survive to tell the tale.
Vor 4 Tagen · In Belgium, the focal points of the rage were the statues of King Leopold II who presided over the pillaging of Congo’s natural resources and the violent exploitation of its population. The sovereign’s rule was brutal, even by the standards of 19th-century imperialism.
Vor 6 Tagen · 2.8 [1] to 3.3 million [2] During World War II, Soviet prisoners of war (POWs) held by Nazi Germany and primarily in the custody of the German Army were starved and subjected to deadly conditions. Of nearly six million that were captured, around three million died during their imprisonment.
- 1941–1945
- Soviet POWs
- Germany and German-occupied Eastern Europe
Vor 4 Tagen · Cocaine gateway. Six years on, Antwerp is the gateway of choice for cocaine into Europe. In 2023, Belgian customs seized a total of 116 tonnes of the Latin American drug in the port, setting a new record. Add Zeebrugge and the figure is 121 tonnes, with a street value of more than €9 billion.
Vor 5 Tagen · Belgium’s deputy prime minister says an operation in Rafah will “lead to massacre.” Petra De Sutter also says on X that Brussels is “working on further sanctions” against Israel. One month after...
