30,000 protesters, cancelled trains, planes and metros, and empty classrooms: here's our rundown of Belgium's national strike day, in pictures. Tens of thousands of people working in various sectors ...

Teachers at the European schools in Brussels are taking a series of actions to demand job stability, fair contracts, and equal rights for locally recruited staff, as well as union representation in ...

"All of this puts enormous pressure on our society. The cost of asylum reception is almost €1 billion per year. With Belgium's budgetary situation, this is no sinecure." Belgium will no longer take in ...

By Alberto Gomez Hernandez, Policy Manager at the World Vapers' Alliance. An Economics graduate of the University Carlos III of Madrid and a Masters graduate in Economics and Finance from the ...

Several Flemish municipalities continue to revoke the Belgian nationality of children born to Palestinian parents – despite reprimands from the Federal Ombudsman in February. Given the ongoing ...

Like its neighbours, Belgium has been woken from its post-Cold War slumber by the distant rumble of fighting on Europe’s eastern flank and by the realisation that the United States no longer has its ...

But what once was a Belgian and Dutch speciality saved for Sinterklaas has now become a global sensation with manufacturers shipping the biscuits worldwide. Brussels biscuit maker Maison Dandoy is one ...

The life and death of Charles V, who ruled Europe’s greatest empire from Brussels. Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was the most powerful man in Europe in the early 16th century, running a territory that ...

'It's like the Wild West. For the first time, I'm considering moving away' - Cureghem residents despair at drug violence. Following a series of shootings and what has been seen as a "laughable" ...

Eastern Europe has a rich and complex history of migration, with diasporas, minorities and multiple identities all playing a role in a region that was long considered to be culturally homogenous. In ...

Mathieu Bihet (MR), often dubbed "Atomic Boy" in the press, has emerged as Belgium's most vocal defender of nuclear energy. In an exclusive interview, he tells The Brussels Times: "This isn't just a ...