A 20-year-old man suspected of firing an AK-47 assault rifle in a Brussels metro station is being tried in absentia after breaking his ankle tag and going on the run. 'YA' stands accused of firing the ...

Belgium ranks rock-bottom among European countries when looking at take-home pay on a gross salary of €100,000, according to an analysis carried out by Euronews. According to the outlet's workings, ...

Belgian prosecutors described serial killer Freddy Horion as a "ticking time bomb" who poses a "very high risk of reoffending" in advice submitted to the Ghent Sentence Enforcement Court before his ...

Air traffic resumed in Brussels at 07:00 on Tuesday after being suspended for part of the night due to a spontaneous strike by air traffic controllers, Skeyes, the public company responsible for air ...

Feared and reviled down the centuries, freemasons are still treated with suspicion. Seven starving Belgian political prisoners sat around a table in barrack Number 6, a wooden hut in the Nazi ...

Belgium is home to several education systems, with one for each language community (French, Dutch and German), as well as religious and secular establishments. If this weren't enough, there are also ...

Europe is in serious danger of becoming a mere "vassal" of the United States, one of Europe's leading think tanks has warned, echoing French President Emmanuel Macron's highly controversial recent ...

Electric cars are involved in 50% more traffic accidents than their petrol and diesel counterparts, according to a study by insurer Axa. The high number of accidents has actually nothing to do with ...

It is fair to say that Laurent Simons is special. Last year, the 12-year-old child prodigy received his bachelor's degree in physics with distinction from the University of Antwerp, after completing ...

The year is 1897. We see three African tribal villages. In and around several wooden huts with straw roofs, men, women and children are carrying through their daily tasks. Occasionally they perform ...

Famous the world over, Belgium exports chocolate all around the globe. Known for its superior quality, Belgian chocolate is renowned for its high cocoa content, making it particularly rich. Despite ...