Earth News

Can one woman change Belgium’s love affair with bottled water?

Why is Belgium so hooked on bottled water - while hosting the EU headquarters, a world leader in the fight against plastic waste?

15/04/2019

Belgium

Belgium apologises for abducting mixed-race children in colonial-era

Belgium has for the first time officially acknowledged responsibility for kidnapping thousands of mixed-race children from Congo between 1959 and 1962

05/04/2019

Europe News

Camping for the climate in downtown Brussels

Generations X and Z join forces to pressure the Belgian Parliament to pass a climate bill

25/03/2019

World News

Is this the most valuable bird in the world?

Armando the pigeon champion was auctioned for 1.2 million euros.

19/03/2019

Belgium

Ex-ISIL women 'losing hope' of returning home to Belgium

Two Belgian women said they were losing hope of ever going back home after a Belgian court overturned the ruling to repatriate them and their six children.

11/03/2019

Europe News

Anuna: the young Belgian who fights for the climate

Inspired by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, Anouna de De Wever is one of the founders of the movement "Youth for Climate"

07/03/2019

World

Raw Politics in full: Parade politics and Estonia's likely PM

Catch the full episode of Wednesday's Raw Politics

07/03/2019

World

Parade politics: Are Flemish carnivals offensive or satire?︱Raw Politics

A Belgian MEP and a hate speech advisor debate over who's right.

06/03/2019

Belgium

Belgian carnival float depicting Jewish stereotypes criticised

A carnival float at a parade in Belgium has caused outrage for displaying giant caricatures of Jews sitting on bags of money.

06/03/2019

Belgium

Watch: Asian elephant gives birth at Belgian zoo

There are only 38,000 Asian Elephants left in the world, so the birth of a female calf at a Belgian zoo is an important event for the conservation of the species.

01/03/2019

France

What is anti-semitism and why is it spreading in Europe?

"Anti-Semitism remains pervasive across the EU and has become disturbingly normalised"

26/02/2019

Belgium

Watch: Chocolate dresses grace Brussels catwalk

One creation used 8kg of chocolate – not far off the 6kg the average Belgian eats in a year.

22/02/2019

Europe News

Greta Thunberg, 16, is the new face of climate activism

At 16, Greta Thunberg is leading a youth movement calling for action to prevent climate change.

21/02/2019

Belgium

Green MEPs arrested after breaking into Belgian airbase

The activists are calling for the removal of nuclear weapons from Europe.

20/02/2019

Belgium

Germany 'still pays UK and Belgian pensioners who served in SS'

Those who pledged loyalty to Hitler are still being rewarded more than 70 years on.

20/02/2019

Europe News

Belgian climate protests reach sixth consecutive week

Student-led protests in Brussels demanding advanced climate protection plan to continue pressuring authorities as the EU elections approach.

14/02/2019

Europe News

The Brief. Belgium Strike, Whisky woes and money laundering

The Brief. Belgium Strike, Whisky woes and money laundering

14/02/2019

Europe News

The Brief: 100 days to European elections

We mark 100 days to the European elections with a profile of a first-time voter. Meanwhile in Strasbourg current MEPs vote on controversial fisheries deal, and Belgium is forced to confront its colonial past.

12/02/2019

Europe News

Manneken Pis dons European Emergency Number Association costume for 112 Day

Manneken Pis dons European Emergency Number Association costume for 112 Day

12/02/2019

Belgium

French reporters identify Nemmouche as their jailer in Brussels trial

French journalists identify alleged Brussels museum attack suspect Mehdi Nemmouche as their jailer and torturer in Syria.

07/02/2019