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 ...

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, ...

Remembering the 1985 Heysel Stadium disaster in Brussels Liverpool FC’s return to Brussels on Thursday marks a sad chapter of football and Belgian history which killed 39 people (mostly Italians).

More than 100 volunteers worked non-stop for six hours on Thursday morning to decorate the Grand Place cobblestones with a giant floral artwork.

'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" ...

The Brussels starchitect that nobody knows Stanislas Jasinski designed apartment blocks that still grace Uccle and Ixelles, but his real legacy lies in his far-sighted vision for modern urban dwelling ...

“If you do not allow support for the job of a sex worker, like a bookkeeper for example, then you are making sure that the work is de facto not recognised as an actual job. But eradicating ...

The Brussels Art Nouveau & Art Deco (BANAD) festival, running over a fortnight, offers rare access to the capital’s Art Nouveau and Art Deco gems through guided outdoor tours, concerts, lectures, ...

Trigger points: How FN Browning could lead Europe’s rearmament Amid growing recognition across Europe of the need for states to reinforce their defences and increase military spending, we visit the ...

Echoes of elegance: Brussels celebrates the Art Deco centenary As Brussels gears up to toast 100 years of Art Deco, expect a feast of geometric glamour, Roaring Twenties nostalgia and cultural whimsy.

Freedom of expression and the protection of journalists are among the fundamental principles in the EU but when they are ...

By 1930, the Belgian authorities introduced ethnicity on Rwandan identity papers. The concepts of Hutu and Tutsi, initially social categories, would become ‘races’, and Rwandan society would slowly ...