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 ...

With five serious incidents in five days, drug-related violence has returned to the Brussels municipality of Saint-Gilles after a week of score-settling between rival drug gangs, leaving residents ...

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, ...

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, ...

The linguistic divide: Unraveling Belgium's struggles of identity and autonomy The events of January 1968 shocked Belgium. In Leuven, French-speaking students and professors, together with their ...

As a child, I was well aware that Belgium’s love affair with chips – or fries, if you are American – eclipsed even its famed passion for chocolate and beer. That impression proved true when I moved ...

Historian Herman Van Goethem, rector of Antwerp University and a former director of Kazerne Dossin, the Holocaust and Human Rights Museum in Mechelen, spent 14 years of his life writing a book about ...

Flanders’ battle for linguistic rights in Belgium is well documented. Yet until the last century, Walloons spoke their own regional language – Walloon – which UNESCO labels "definitely endangered". C’ ...

Investing effectively is much simpler than what the financial industry wants you to believe. In this guide I share the full process of how to invest in ETFs in Belgium in 2025. I also include a ...

Since 1999, Vladimir Putin has held an ever-tighter grip over Russia. Despite waves of protest against his corruption, suppression of the media, and human rights, the Russian strongman is unflinching ...

Instituted in 2024 out of fear of a non-existent ‘youth gateway effect’, the ban has instead driven over half of consumers to a black market, provoking both a doubling in youth vaping, and increase in ...

From dodgy defence contracts to toxic food contamination, the shadow of corruption has fallen on Belgian politics and society time and again. Historic scandals have left their mark on Belgian politics ...