Belgium

Ballerinas treat commuters to Swan Lake recital in Antwerp

The Shanghai Ballet performed a few scenes from Tchaikovsky's classic ballet in Central Station ahead of their upcoming run.

18/09/2017

Belgium

Once Europe's grandest building, Belgium's Palais de Justice is crumbling

The state of the Brussels landmark is so bad locals joke that even the scaffolding has its own scaffolding

18/09/2017

Europe News

Exclusive: Brussels doesn’t want to become next ‘jungle’

The migrant crisis the EU continues to grapple with on its southern shores has reached its heart – Brussels.

07/09/2017

Germany

German border town issues iodine tablets over fears about Belgian nuclear reactor

An ageing Belgian nuclear plant near the German border has led authorities in Aachen to issue iodine tablets.

01/09/2017

Sport

Lewis Hamilton wins Belgian Grand Prix

The Briton's fifth success in 12 races this season, and 58th of his career, came a day after he equalled Michael Schumacher's all-time record of 68 pole positions.

27/08/2017

Belgium

Belgian soldiers shoot dead man in Brussels in alleged terrorist attack

Belgian soldiers have shot dead a man in the centre of Brussels after he came at them with a knife shouting Allahu Akbar - God is great in Arabic.

26/08/2017

Belgium

Belgians crack on with giant omelette despite toxic egg scandal

15/08/2017

Denmark

Denmark next to find contaminated eggs in food

Denmark is the latest European country to discover eggs contaminated with insecticide in its food chain

11/08/2017

Netherlands

Britain raises estimate of imported contaminated Dutch eggs to 700,000 from 21,000

Britain's Food Standards Agency radically revises number of imported contaminated Dutch eggs up to 700,000

10/08/2017

Belgium

Belgium claims Dutch allowed sales of contaminated eggs for more than eight months

Belgium claims the Dutch knew as far back as November last year of fipronil-contaminaed eggs, but allowed sales to continue.

09/08/2017

Belgium

Molenbeek: man detained after police chase

Molenbeek: man detained after police chase

08/08/2017

World News

Tainted eggs found in France

Tainted eggs found in France

07/08/2017

World News

EU eggs contamination: concern over who knew what, when

Millions of eggs have been taken off the shelves as a precaution after traces of the insecticide fipronil were found in Dutch eggs

06/08/2017

World News

Aldi halts sale of eggs in all German stores

The move is a precaution as a health scare over possible insecticide contamination spreads

04/08/2017

No Comment

WW1 battle victims remembered a centenary on

Politicians, royalty and relatives gathered in western Belgium to pay tribute to the victims of a World War One battle.

31/07/2017

Belgium

Who are the Kamikaze Riders?

17/07/2017

Sport

Which country has the most valuable footballers?

11/07/2017

Belgium

European Court upholds Belgium's full veil ban

The European Court of Human Rights upholds Belgium's ban on the Islamic full-face veil, rejecting a legal challenge by two Muslim women wearing the niqab.

11/07/2017

Business Planet

Social start-up is turning Molenbeek into Molengeek

Molengeek is an IT incubator situated in Molenbeek, the poor and much-maligned neighbourhood in Brussels.

30/06/2017

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: NATO chief reveals hike in defence spending

This is the Brief from Brussels, a round-up of the top stories from the EU's de-facto political capital

28/06/2017