"We are surrounded on all sides by magnificent forests with trees of immense height,” a Belgian official noted. Frigate birds, pelicans and white herons flittered above the surface of the bay’s ...

It’s the morning after an all-night recording session at Studio Katy, a music studio in Ohain, near Waterloo in 1982. Marvin Gaye is riding shotgun in a blue Mercedes saloon heading back on the ...

Public drug use blights cities the world over, Brussels included. A staggering one in three residents reports regularly witnessing drug consumption in broad daylight. Non-profits dedicated to ...

Across the Brussels region, major postwar buildings are being restored and repurposed. This is mainly for environmental reasons, to avoid the wastefulness of the cycle of demolition and reconstruction ...

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It has now been 150 days since Belgium's elections on 9 June, and this week, formation talks for the next Federal Government hit another wall. Any cautious optimism that prevailed after the clearcut ...

As the battle of Brussels mayors comes to a close, Sunday's local elections saw a progressive pushback in the Belgian capital against June’s right-wing surge, with socialist parties forming a "red ...

Syensqo, a specialist Belgian chemical firm which split from the multinational Solvay group at the end of last year, plans to reduce its global workforce by up to 350 jobs, including cutting 36 roles ...

Landlords and tenants in Brussels are subject to new rules that will strengthen vulnerable people's right to housing in the region. From the ban on pets and a cap for deposits to water and fire damage ...