Belgium
Swedish citizen Makaveli Lindén, 27, from Uppsala, has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Belgium for the 2018 murder of a 58-year-old woman. The ruling contrasts with a 2020 Norwegian verdict sentencing him to psychiatric care for another murder. The Belgian court found he had feigned mental illness.
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The Belgian government and Engie announced on Thursday they are entering exclusive negotiations for the Belgian state to acquire all of Engie's nuclear assets in Belgium. The aim is to relaunch nuclear power in the country. This deal ends Engie's involvement in nuclear energy.
Belgium has blocked a sophisticated European Commission plan to mobilize frozen Russian assets without confiscating them, to grant a 140 billion euro loan to Ukraine. This decision, made at a summit in Brussels, is postponed to December due to Belgian concerns. The European Union is thus seeking to offset the end of US support under Donald Trump.
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Belgium announced its intention to recognize the Palestinian state at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly. This decision aligns with growing international support for Palestinian statehood.