Belgium

Jean-Pierre Bemba was reportedly transferred July 3 to the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague, where he is expected to face war crimes charges. [more]

Gunmen opened fire on a group of tourists in eastern Yemen Jan. 18, killing two Belgians and one Yemeni, a security official reported. [more]

Outgoing Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt accepted the request from the country's King Albert to become the caretaker Prime Minister until March 23. [more]

The Belgian political party that won elections six months ago has thrown in the towel and informed the king that putting together a coalition government is impossible. [more]

Airbus' budget is being hit by the declining dollar. [more]

Galileo, Europe's long-beleaguered satellite navigation constellation, got a new lease on life Nov. 23. [more]

The European Union has decided to make the yuan its primary issue at the upcoming G-7 summit. [more]

Recent findings that one key nanotechnology product's manufacture could pose a health risk will enhance pressure for a decision on how to regulate the sector. [more]

The European Union is successfully breaking the Russia-to-Europe energy links that have given Russia a large degree of influence over European affairs. [more]

A recent slowdown in economic growth and potential further snags resulting from the subprime... [more]

The International Financial Corp. announced recently it is joining forces with the United Nations’ top expert on the business/human rights issue to study the impact of investment agreements on citizens in the developing world. [more]

The United States is considering blacklisting Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as... [more]

Ukraine is once again up for grabs, but this time the Russians certainly have the advantage over... [more]

The subprime crisis is worth analysis in its own right, though it also gives us the opportunity to discuss our own approach to economic issues. Stratfor views the world through the prism of geopolitics. In geopolitics, there is no such thing as separating a country’s economy from its national security or its political interests. [more]

The U.S. House of Representatives on July 31 passed legislation amending the Iran Sanctions Act... [more]

Libya on July 24 released six medics, who had been imprisoned for eight years for allegedly... [more]

Russian President Vladimir Putin broke out an old supply of bile on Wednesday when he called for... [more]

A natural gas pipeline connecting Turkey to Greece will be ready to start shipments Aug. 10, and... [more]

Five Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian doctor were pardoned after their return to Bulgaria... [more]

Frances Townsend, Homeland Security adviser to U.S. President George W. Bush, said on Thursday... [more]