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, ...

From his home in the rural Flemish municipality of Oudsbergen, Raymond Behr shows his collection of medals. At just 17 years old, Behr was one of the 3,172 soldiers sent by Belgium to help defend ...

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, ...

The son of a former NATO Secretary General has won an appeal against his conviction for fraud and breach of trust on the grounds that the “reasonable timeframe for a ruling was exceeded”. Last year, a ...

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 ...

Manneken-Pis, literally “little man pee,” in the Dutch dialect of Marols or “le petit Julien,” in French, is one of Brussels’ most famous and beloved citizens. But what’s the story behind this iconic, ...

The final touches are being made to the world-famous flower carpet on the Grand Place, Brussels' main square. Over 100 volunteers started working early on Thursday to decorate the cobblestones with ...

Plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), hybrid electric vehicles you can plug in, are almost as polluting as gasoline cars, according to a study by Transport & Environment (T&E), a European umbrella organisation ...

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 ...

On October 25, 1555, the grandees of the Habsburg Netherlands gathered in the Great Hall of the Coudenberg Palace in Brussels to witness an extraordinary event. A weary old man with a grey beard and a ...

The current wave of investments in artificial intelligence (AI) is reminiscent of the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) chief economist Pierre-Olivier ...

A national strike is expected to bring severe disruption to Belgium on Tuesday, including delays and cancellations on the public transport network and at Belgium's major airports. You can find the ...