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, ...

On October 25, 1555, the grandees of the Habsburg Netherlands gathered in the Great Hall of the Coudenberg Palace in Brussels to witness an extraordinary event. A weary old man with a grey beard and a ...

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, ...

Capital Region, nearly 200 prominent Brussels residents have signed an open letter calling for action. The Brussels Times has published the letter here in full.

As host to the EU institutions, NATO and over 200 foreign missions, Brussels is used to its fair share of scandals. But arguably nothing could have prepared it for the political and diplomatic storm ...

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 ...

Minors in Belgium will soon be barred from using Buy Now Pay Later apps, including popular credit-based services like Klarna. The announcement came on Monday from Consumer Protection Minister Rob ...

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 ...

Swiss voters have rejected a proposed federal inheritance tax of 50% for the ultra-wealthy in a referendum held on Sunday. The proposal was rejected by 79% of voters, aligning with expectations.

Feared and reviled down the centuries, freemasons are still treated with suspicion. Seven starving Belgian political prisoners sat around a table in barrack Number 6, a wooden hut in the Nazi ...

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 ...

Spain has reported an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in Catalonia, the first case in the country since 1994. The outbreak was detected on 26 November in two wild boars found dead in Bellaterra, ...