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Eva Deschamps / December 14, 2022 Eva Kaili is one of the MEPs implicated in the corruption case involving Qatar. During a search of her home, the Belgian justice came across 600 000 € in cash… Eva Kaili, the Greek MEP implicated in a high-profile corruption scandal involving Qatar, "did not know the existence of the money" found at her home in Brussels, her lawyer Michalis Dimitrakopoulos told AFP on Tuesday. The elected representative, deprived of his post of vice-president of the European Parliament, has "no connection with the money found at his home (...) she did not know the existence of this money," said Michalis Dimitrakopoulos during an interview at his office in Athens. He reaffirmed that his client...

The destruction of the Dutroux house in Marcinelle has begun. The cellars and the famous cache will be preserved. Several families believe that these places have not yet revealed all their secrets. Some DNA traces remain unidentified.

King Philip and Queen Mathilde will fly to Greece on Monday for a three-day state visit, the first officially held since the coronavirus pandemic began in Belgium in mid-March 2020.

Joe Biden arrived in Brussels this Wednesday evening before starting a very busy schedule. Air Force One, the Boeing 747 carrying U.S. President Joe Biden coming to Brussels for three international meetings on the war led by Russia in Ukraine, landed Wednesday around 9:05 p.m. at Zaventem airport, more precisely on the runways of the Melsbroek air base.

A car crashed into a crowd of people who had gathered to attend the Gilles collection, Sunday around 05h00 in Strépy-Bracquegnies (La Louvière). The last report states that 6 people died, 10 were seriously injured and 27 slightly injured. In the afternoon, the King, the Prime Minister, the Walloon Minister-President and several ministers went to the scene.