Ahead of America's 250th birthday celebrations in Brussels, Ambassador Bill White is in buoyant spirits. The fireworks and flyovers are approved. The drone show is ready. Prime Minister Bart De Wever, ...

Belgium may be divided politically and linguistically, but one thing all regions and communities can agree on is the beloved national biscuit: Speculoos. Much like beer, chocolate, waffles or fries, ...

Ingrid did not plan to leave Belgium for good. She arrived in Warsaw for a three-month internship at the Belgian embassy, fully expecting to return to Brussels afterwards. Within weeks, though, she ...

Manneken-Pis, literally “little man pee,” in the Dutch dialect of Marols or “le petit Julien,” in French, is one of Brussels’ most famous and beloved citizens. But what’s the story behind this iconic, ...

On a grey Belgian spring day, people in dark suits hurry up and down Antwerp’s Hoveniersstraat carrying black leather briefcases. Some pause to talk with one another for a moment, but in the city’s ...

Machetes, clubs, pickaxes and spears. These were the weapons used by Rwandans as they slaughtered their fellow countrymen during the 1994 genocide. They were used against colleagues, neighbours, ...

Belgians do not know why their country has a language border. No single social, political or historical factor can explain it – but a team of Belgian researchers at KU Leuven are using new ...

What was the Second World War like for Brussels? At first, it looked much the same as during peacetime. Although war was declared between the major European powers in September 1939, there was limited ...

Famous the world over, Belgium exports chocolate all around the globe. Known for its superior quality, Belgian chocolate is renowned for its high cocoa content, making it particularly rich. Despite ...

It was an especially brutal fortnight in an already savage conflict. In the village of Bourcy, near the Ardennes town of Bastogne, the Gestapo, the Nazi secret police, began searching homes. It was at ...

Except for a few drones directed at a British air base in Cyprus, Europe remains physically unscathed by the war with Iran. But as a big energy importer, Europe is economically vulnerable to a ...

Belgium is home to several education systems, with one for each language community (French, Dutch and German), as well as religious and secular establishments. If this weren't enough, there are also ...