Europe’s cocaine trade is booming and the drug’s gateway of choice is now the port of Antwerp. As the market has grown, so too have the drug gangs who find ever more ingenious ways to smuggle it in, ...

Protesting Leuven students calling for “Leuven Vlaams” (A Flemish Leuven) being clubbed by Belgian gendarmerie, the paramilitary federal force, on 18 January 1968 at the height of the turmoils.

Brussels cultural venue Flagey, also known as the Maison de la Radio in Place Flagey, will receive a subsidy of €3.2 million for renovation works. The planned works include modernising the sound ...

A nationwide strike will be held on Monday 13 January, with workers from all sectors taking to the streets. Here's what you need to know about the action and its impact. A more recent article was ...

Was Leuven founded by Vikings? Between myth and legend Although Leuven was accorded city rights first by the construction of a stone wall in the 12th century, it may owe its origin as a town to the ...

On a wing and a prayer: The Belgian wartime hero who broke the Nazi defence Baron Jean de Selys Longchamps pulled off one of the most audacious, unauthorised flying feats of World War II to earn his ...

The EU biodiesel market, which is valued at about €31 billion annually, has seen a recent surge in imports from China, which almost doubled in 2023. The European Commission has launched an ...

Sam Moore, one half of the American soul duo Sam & Dave, has died aged 89, according to the Associated Press. Sam & Dave were among the early soul artists, achieving a series of hits in the 1960s, ...

Chinese companies were among the main buyers at the bankruptcy auction for BelGaN's high-tech machinery, Belgium’s last industrial chip manufacturer. In total, it raised over €23 million on Friday, ...