AMMAN, March 22, (APP/AFP) – EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Tuesday’s blasts in Brussels marked a “very sad day” for Europe, saying on a visit to Jordan it was now suffering like the Middle East. “It is… a very sad day for Europe as Europe and its capital is suffering the same pain […]
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Brussels blasts ‘very sad day for Europe’: EU’s Mogherini
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At least 21 dead in Brussels blasts: firefighters
BRUSSELS, March 22, (APP/AFP): Belgian firefighters said at least 21 people had died after “enormous” blasts hit Brussels airport and the city’s metro system on Tuesday. Pierre Meys, pokesman for the Brussels fire brigade, told AFP that 11 people died in twin blasts at Brussels airport. There were also “around 10 killed at the Maalbeek […]
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‘Dead and wounded’ in Brussels metro blast: police
BRUSSELS, March 22, (APP/AFP) – Belgian police told AFP on Tuesday that a blast at a metro station near the EU institutions caused deaths and injuries, without offering further details. “There are wounded, There are dead. I don’t know how many,” a police officer told an AFP reporter as he escorted a woman away from […]
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Brussels attacks are ‘attack against democratic Europe’: Swedish premier
STOCKHOLM, March 22, (APP/AFP) – The explosions in Brussels Tuesday are “an attack against democratic Europe,” Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said. “It is an attack against democratic Europe. We will never accept that terrorists attack our open societies,” he told news agency TT in a statement, while his Danish counterpart Lars Lokke Rasmussen denounced […]
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Brussels metro, tram buses shut down
BRUSSELS, March 22, (APP/AFP) – Belgium closed metro, train, tram and bus services in the capital Brussels on Tuesday following bomb blasts in the airport and metro, the authorities said. “Bus, tram and metro shut down,” the Brussels public transport operator STIB said in a message on Twitter. Major railway stations are also closed, the […]
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Former Danish PM Jorgensen dies aged 93
COPENHAGEN, March 20, (APP/AFP) – Anker Jorgensen, Denmark’s prime minister between 1972 and 1973 and again between 1975 and 1982, died on Sunday aged 93, the country’s Social Democratic party said. “Anker’s conribution to the democratic and Social Democratic labour movement cannot be underestimated,” party leader Mette Frederiksen said in a statement. Jorgensen’s time in […]