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, ...

On the last Friday of May, a military plane touched down outside Brussels and a man in a dark suit ran out, leaping into the arms of family members. The Belgian aid worker, Olivier Vandecasteele, was ...

The historic Galerie Bortier, a covered passage in the heart of Brussels, is undergoing a transformation led by the entrepreneurs behind the popular food markets Wolf and Fox. Long known as a cultural ...

Contemporary Belgian politics often seems too complex for its good, but the political landscape in the Middle Ages and the early modern period could have been even more bizarre. Belgium was once a ...

From his home in the rural Flemish municipality of Oudsbergen, Raymond Behr shows his collection of medals. At just 17 years old, Behr was one of the 3,172 soldiers sent by Belgium to help defend ...

The final touches are being made to the world-famous flower carpet on the Grand Place, Brussels' main square. Over 100 volunteers started working early on Thursday to decorate the cobblestones with ...

For their first official trip abroad, Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg and his wife, Grand Duchess Stéphanie, chose Belgium. King Philippe and Queen Mathilde welcomed the newly enthroned Grand Duke ...

Described as short and plump, plainly dressed Sister Godfrieda did not stand out, apart from the fact that she wore a nun’s habit. But after she was arrested for a series of murders in the picturesque ...

A German MEP and vocal critic of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has accused Hungary of paying over €1 million to spy on him. Daniel Freund from the European Greens is a leading anti-corruption ...

Brussels Employment Minister Bernard Clerfayt has warned that Actiris will be unable to match excluded jobseekers with suitable positions as thousands stand to lose unemployment benefits under ...

Footage published by HLN shows a kitesurfer in Koksijde venturing into the sea amid Storm Benjamin, as gusts of up to 120 kilometres per hour pounded the Belgian coast. The violent winds and towering ...

“This will take a while to digest, but I’ll be back”, Belgium's Nafissatou ‘Nafi’ Thiam announced in a social media post shortly after withdrawing midway through the heptathlon event at last month's ...