A Belgian minister has quit after a report emerged criticising security almost a year before the Brussels Airport twin bombings.
Transport Minister Jacqueline Galant resigned on Friday after the EU document detailing lapses in airport security oversight was leaked.
The confidential report from April last year was made public by two Belgian opposition parties.
It said the oversight of security at the country's airports was flawed and cited serious deficiencies in the way safety checks were managed.
Prime Minister Charles Michel confirmed the resignation saying "the minister presented her resignation to the King and the King accepted it".
Galant had said she had not seen the document, but Mr Michel said "a summary of this report was discussed and sent to the minister's cabinet in June 2015".
Belgium's interior and justice ministers volunteered to step down last month, but their resignations were rejected.
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