Protesting Leuven students calling for “Leuven Vlaams” (A Flemish Leuven) being clubbed by Belgian gendarmerie, the paramilitary federal force, on 18 January 1968 at the height of the turmoils.

Europe’s cocaine trade is booming and the drug’s gateway of choice is now the port of Antwerp. As the market has grown, so too have the drug gangs who find ever more ingenious ways to smuggle it in, ...

On a wing and a prayer: The Belgian wartime hero who broke the Nazi defence Baron Jean de Selys Longchamps pulled off one of the most audacious, unauthorised flying feats of World War II to earn his ...

"For young people, it's clearly a race for the best salary. This trend indicates a shift from past years where factors such as work-life balance, mobility, and training opportunities held more ...

Optimal sustainable transition pathways for glass bottles depend on context and product. New EU packaging rules need flexibility and openness, rather than rigid one-size-fit-all targets, to reflect ...

How to become a freemason in Belgium There are some 25,000 Freemasons in Belgium, of whom one third are women.

It was one of the largest prisoner-of-war (POW) camps in western Europe, holding nearly 60,000 Germans from March 1945 to August 1946. Yet today Prisoner-of-War Camp 2228 looks like a non-descript ...

The European School of Mol (ES Mol) is unique in many ways and is still a hidden gem for most. It is the only European school in Belgium that is open to all students, with a leafy 20-hectare campus, ...

African leaders have gathered in Dakar to respond to rising food prices and disruption in global food supply due to Covid-19, climate change and conflicts such as the war in Ukraine. African heads of ...

Belgian elections guide: What Belgium's parties stand for Seven political parties are in the current Belgian government coalition, while more will compete in the June 9 elections. The Brussels Times ...

One of the major highlights of the Brussels 2024 events calendar, organised by visit.brussels, the Bright Festival, will once again return to the streets of Brussels for four magical evenings to light ...

This year, St. John’s International School, a leading premium, independent school in Belgium, celebrates the 60th anniversary of its founding. With a magnificent campus located 20 minutes from ...