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Belgium Prime Minister Alexander De Croo announced his resignation on Sunday night, in the wake of the results of the elections for the local parliament as well as the elections for the European Parliament. In both cases, the right-wing and extreme right-wing parties achieved great success, defeating the liberal camp led by De Croo. “For us it was a particularly difficult evening, we lost. From tomorrow, I will be a resigning Prime Minister,” told supporters at a rally, according to Politico. De Croo will stay on as caretaker prime minister until a new government is in place. “I am convinced...

BRUSSELS -- The speaker of Belgium's parliament has canceled a lunch with his Iranian counterpart because the visiting Tehran delegation insisted that no alcohol be served, officials said on Thursday. Confirming a report in the daily De Standaard, a parliamentary spokesman said that the lunch scheduled for Friday was called off because "we didn't want to bow to outside rules", although talks are still scheduled. Assembly chief Herman De Croo told the Flemish-language daily that he had not received a written request about the booze ban, "but I was told indirectly that they were asking for alcohol not to be...