World

Reynders urges more pooling of intelligence against terrorism

Belgium’s top diplomat, Didier Reynders, a firm believer in the strengths of European integration, advocates for a Europe of peoples’ choices applied

05/06/2015

Belgium

Service held at Brussels Synagogue in memory of terror attack victims

A memorial service has taken place to mark the anniversary of the terror attack on Belgium's Jewish Museum in which four people died.

02/06/2015

Belgium

Belgium: hanging up on the phone booth

Belgium has made the call to dismantle its remaining phone booths. Two years ago the government lifted a rule for former national operator Proximus

01/06/2015

European Union

Europe Weekly: Wife of Saudi blogger asks for EU help to free her husband

29/05/2015

Belgium

Wreaths laid in memory of Heysel Stadium deaths in 1985

A deadly day in football history, the Heysel Stadium disaster 30 years ago, has been commemorated at Belgium’s rebuilt and renamed King Baudouin

29/05/2015

Belgium

Chaos hits Belgian airports as technical glitch downs domestic air traffic control system

Flights in and out of Belgian airports have been disrupted due to a technical glitch at the domestic air traffic controller, Belgocontrol

27/05/2015

Belgium

Victims of Brussels Jewish museum shooting are remembered

Hundreds of people in Brussels have paid homage to the victims of last years attack at the city’s Jewish museum. ✡ #Israel #JPOST: Brussels pays

25/05/2015

Sport

Belgian under-21 international Gregory Mertens fighting for his life after heart failure

Belgian under-21 international, Gregory Mertens, is fighting for his life after he suffered heart failure during a reserve team match at Genk for his

28/04/2015

Belgium

EU leaders gather for migration summit

European leaders bowed their heads during a minute of silence for the 800 migrants who drowned off the coast of Libya on Sunday while attempting to

23/04/2015

Belgium

Grim centenary of first ever chemical weapons attack

It is the most solemn of centenaries….exactly 100 years since the first large-scale use of chemical weapons. Victims from World War One were

21/04/2015

Belgium

Second cyber attack in days on French media

A second French-speaking organisation has been hacked in a matter of days. Belgian newspapers Le Soir and Sudpresse, both part of Rossel media group

13/04/2015

World

Dare to care: how teachers impact on the wellbeing of students

A teacher’s role in their students’ lives can be much more than educational. While they can be generally inspirational to young minds they can also

10/04/2015

Sport

Team Sky to debut "cobble bike" in Tour of Flanders

Team Sky are to unveil a bike specifically designed to deal with cobblestones which professional cyclists encounter on some road races. It’s been

04/04/2015

Europe News

Director takes Jihad to Belgian theatre

Jihad, a word that strikes fear into many Europeans and a term Belgian director Ismael Saidi couldn’t resist when he named his first stage

02/04/2015

Belgium

Row in Belgium over child killer's ex-wife sharing home with former judge

There is controversy in Belgium over news the ex-wife of a serial child killer is to move into the home of a former judge

01/04/2015

Next Series

Building for the future with self-repairing concrete

Bridges, tunnels and other civil engineering structures could become safer thanks to self-repairing being developed as part of a European research

30/03/2015

Belgium

Thousands hold anti-austerity march in Brussels

Thousands of people have taken part in an anti-austerity march through the centre of Brussels. Between 17,000 and 20,000 turned out as around 150

30/03/2015

Belgium

Thousands attend inter-faith march in Brussels

Around 5,000 people gathered in the centre of Brussels on Sunday to participate in a march calling for peace and tolerance between religious faiths

15/03/2015

Mali

Mali PM condemns Bamako attack as act of 'indiscriminate violence'

Mali’s prime minister has described a deadly militant attack in Bamako as an act of “indiscriminate violence.” Mobido Keita was speaking as he

07/03/2015

Mali

Five dead in nightclub attack in Mali capital

An attack on a nightclub in Mali’s capital Bamako has left five people dead and eight others injured. Three European nationals are among the dead

07/03/2015