Belgium Will Belgium's new government delays push the country to split? Today (Wednesday), after nearly 500 days of intensive negotiations, the programme for a government led by Flemish liberal Alexander De Croo was finalised. 30/09/2020
brussels bureau Liveurope Online Festival aims to give music scene a shot in the arm Liveurope, an initiative supporting concert venues in their efforts to promote up-and-coming European artists, is to hold a Europe-wide online concert on Friday and Saturday. 22/09/2020
Belgium Love child of Belgium's former king seeks royal privileges The former monarch officially recognised Delphine Boël as his daughter in January 2020 after DNA tests proved he was her father. 11/09/2020
world news Coronavirus: Brussels protesters demand help for entertainment sector Protesters gathered in the Belgian capital Brussels to demand more government support for the entertainment sector 06/09/2020
brussels bureau European School in Brussels returns for first time since lockdown The European School in Brussels reopens for first time since the Belgian government imposed lockdown measures back in March 03/09/2020
Belgium Heart of Belgian mayor found entombed in fountain Pierre David was Verviers's first-ever mayor after Belgium became independent in 1830. The century-old urban legend that his heart was buried in a fountain was last month revealed to be real. 02/09/2020
Belgium Slovakia says Belgian police brutality against citizen 'unacceptable' Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok commented on the case after a Belgian newspaper this week published a 2018 video of an officer sitting on top of a man at Brussels South Charleroi Airport and another officer apparently making a Hitler salute. 21/08/2020
Belgium Belgian police chief steps aside after custody death video emerges The video shows officers forcefully restricted Jozef Chovanec's movements in a cell at Charleroi airport, with one officer sitting on him for a long time. Another officer made an apparent Nazi salute during the incident. 20/08/2020
brussels bureau Power to the pedal as Brussels opens its first cycling 'motorway' It is part of an effort to increase sustainable travel, respect social distancing and ease pressure on crowded public transport in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdowns. 22/07/2020
no comment Belgian DJ gives silent performance atop Brussels landmark He kept the performance secret to avoid crowds amid the coronavirus pandemic. For the same reason, only the DJ could hear what he was playing. 21/07/2020
