On a grey Belgian spring day, people in dark suits hurry up and down Antwerp’s Hoveniersstraat carrying black leather briefcases. Some pause to talk with one another for a moment, but in the city’s ...

More potatoes? Only once you have eaten all of your sprouts! is the perennial battle cry of parents heard at Christmas dinner tables whenever Brussels sprouts are involved. Love it or hate it, the ...

As host to the EU institutions, NATO and over 200 foreign missions, Brussels is used to its fair share of scandals. But arguably nothing could have prepared it for the political and diplomatic storm ...

All of Brussels can be seen as an open-air museum with streets, squares and parks adorned by historical statues and memorials, mostly meant to represent and even glorify Belgium’s past. But for a long ...

Machetes, clubs, pickaxes and spears. These were the weapons used by Rwandans as they slaughtered their fellow countrymen during the 1994 genocide. They were used against colleagues, neighbours, ...

Belgium may be divided politically and linguistically, but one thing all regions and communities can agree on is the beloved national biscuit: Speculoos. Much like beer, chocolate, waffles or fries, ...

Contemporary Belgian politics often seems too complex for its good, but the political landscape in the Middle Ages and the early modern period could have been even more bizarre. Belgium was once a ...

While policymakers and international health officials gather in Dublin to shape the future of tobacco and nicotine regulation, one perspective remains glaringly absent: the voice of consumers. The ...

“This will take a while to digest, but I’ll be back”, Belgium's Nafissatou ‘Nafi’ Thiam announced in a social media post shortly after withdrawing midway through the heptathlon event at last month's ...

The Belgian Prince Laurent has recognised Clement Vandenkerckhove (25), the son of Iris Vandenkerckhove (better known as Flemish model, singer and actress Wendy Van Wanten) as his own son. After 25 ...

The European Union imported €4.48 billion worth of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the first six months of the year, compared with €3.47 billion in the same period last year, according to the ...

"People think these are simply wars between drug gangs, but that is not true. Anyone, every Brussels resident and every citizen, can be hit by a stray bullet." ...