1. Various exteriors of Opel factory 2. Set up shot of Opel Director of Public Affairs Marco Van Riel 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Marco Van Riel, Opel Director of Public Affairs: "So last week GM Europe announced a cost cutting plan, a pan...

Hoelaart, Brussels suburb - 28 August 2007 1. Wide Belgian highway, road sign reading (in Flemish): "Flanders" 2. Close up sign reading: "Flanders" 3. Wide Belgian highway, road sign reading: (in French) "Wallonia" 4. Close up sign...

French/Nat Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt insisted on Thursday he would not give way to truck drivers' demands for lower fuel taxes and demanded protesting truckers lift roadblocks causing traffic chaos around the...

English/Nat A very old Olympic competitor has returned some stolen property to the IOC in Sydney, ahead of the 2000 Games. 103 year old former high diver Harry Priest stole the Olympic Flag after he won a bronze medal in the 1920 Games...

Antwerp - 1 October 2007 1. Wide exterior Antwerp Law Courts 2. Wide of press gathered in front of the courts 3. Arrival of parents of Oulematou Niangadou, the Malian babysitter killed in the shooting, and their lawyer Kris Luyckx 4....

Antwerp, Belgium - 17 November 2008 1. Wide of Antwerp Diamond Symposium, meeting of global diamond leaders discussing impact of financial crisis on the diamond market 2. Mid of key diamond industry leaders at Antwerp Diamond Symposium...

Belgium has deployed 150 troops to guard foreign embassies and national institutions, the country's defence minister said on Saturday. Speaking in Brussels, Steven Vandeput said the government decided upon the measures to increase...

Belgium, one of the few countries where euthanasia is legal, is about to take this week the unprecedented step of abolishing age restrictions on who can ask to be put to death, extending the right to children for the first time. On...

An artist in Belgian is helping to bridge the gap between function and beauty. Nancy Van Meer decided to take her work to the harbour at Antwerp after finding some large canvases to draw and paint on. She wanted to make her work as...

Milan, Italy 1. Wide exteriors building in Milan, where the two suspected terrorist were arrested 2. Various exteriors of front of building 3. Wide shot back of building 4. Police on stairwell inside building 5. Police officer walking...

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VOICED: Antwerp urges visitors to stay away after new spike in cases. SHOWS: Shop windows, people walking wearing masks, people sit outside in cafes, City square with statue, people sitting on benches, boats on river. Interviews with...

French/Nat With an end in sight to the fuel protests which have brought chaos to the U-K, Belgium's protesting truck drivers agreed to end their blockades on Thursday evening. Blockades had cut off major roads, ports and the centre of...

1. Wide of Justice Palace 2. Medium shot of the Justice Palace entrance 3. Antwerp Deputy District Prosecutor, Dominique Reyniers arriving at press conference 4. SOUNDBITE: (Flemish) Dominique Reyniers, Antwerp Deputy District...

12 March 2007 1. Various of ABN-AMRO bank 2. Close-up of ABN-AMRO bank poster with wedding rings, reading: "Making more possible" 3. Entrance ABN-AMRO bank with sign reading: "closed" 4. Wide of Antwerp Justice Palace 5. Set-up of...

Antwerp, Belgium 1. Pan from Opel flags near parking lot to Opel Antwerp headquarters with Belgian and Flemish flags at half mast 2. Opel headquarters with Belgian and Flemish flags at half mast 3. Wide of Opel flags with Opel cars 4....

Eng/Dutch/Nat The extreme right are expected to make considerable gains in Sunday's national and regional elections in Belgium. They're likely to benefit from voters fed up with government corruption scandals. Several leading...

Paris, France 1. Various exterior shots of a cafe that sells lottery tickets 2. Interior wide shot of counter where tickets are sold 3. Advertising signs for EuroMillions announcing the 96 million euro jackpot 4. SOUNDBITE: (French)...

What organisers are claiming is the largest ever gathering of people over 100 years old arrived in London on Friday (15/8). The 75 centenarians - aged between 100 and 107 - have been brought together by Belgium's Sabena airlines, who...

music on catwalks not cleared for use. replace with your own clearable music AP Entertainment Paris, 28th February 2007 1. Pan from the Eiffel Tower to exterior of fashion show 2. Medium of arrivals 3. Various of backstage preparations...

Diamonds are Forever, so goes the advertising slogan - and what better way to celebrate the Millennium. With just two weeks to go before the New Year, shoppers are thronging the streets of Antwerp, the world's diamond centre. And to mark...

Dutch/Nat Mince pies, stuffed turkey and extravagant meals delight our stomachs at Christmas. But in Belgium traditionally it is chocolate and marzipan that tantalizes not only the tongue but also the eye. Being a well known paradise...

1. General view of of city 2. Man placing flowers at murder scene 3. Close-up of flowers 4. Close-up of candles 5. Justice Palace entrance 6. Set up shot of Antwerp Deputy District Prosecutor, Dominique Reyniers arriving at news...

English/Nat "From the Treasury '97" - one of the largest and most impressive diamond exhibitions ever held - opened in Antwerp on Tuesday. The exhibition has been drawn from collections of the Vatican, the Kremlin, Sotheby's, Cartier and...