The European Commission on Sept. 26 extended Dexia's clearance by four months, giving the failed bank until the end of January 2013 to put its restructuring plans in place and receive state guarantees from France, Belgium and Luxembourg worth 55 billion euros ($71 billion), AFP reported.

Belgium will support the international military intervention in Mali through educating and training troops, Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said Sept. 25, Mali Actualites reported.

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi will travel to Brussels on Sept. 13 for his first trip to Europe since his election, according to a EU statement, AFP reported Sept. 11.