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, ...

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’ ...

It is fair to say that Laurent Simons is special. Last year, the 12-year-old child prodigy received his bachelor's degree in physics with distinction from the University of Antwerp, after completing ...

Described as short and plump, plainly dressed Sister Godfrieda did not stand out, apart from the fact that she wore a nun’s habit. But after she was arrested for a series of murders in the picturesque ...

The streets of Brussels were decked out on September 5, 1599, for the Joyeuse Entrée, the ceremonial royal entry into the city of Archdukes Isabella and Albert, the new rulers of the Habsburg ...

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 ...

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, ...

On a grey Belgian spring day, people in dark suits hurry up and down Antwerp’s Hoveniersstraat carrying black leather briefcases. Some pause to talk with one another for a moment, but in the city’s ...

Farmers' organisations are once again protesting across Belgium against the free trade agreement between the European Union and the Mercosur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay). One ...

All of Brussels can be seen as an open-air museum with streets, squares and parks adorned by historical statues and memorials, mostly meant to represent and even glorify Belgium’s past. But for a long ...

Construction works on an anticipated tram line to Brussels Airport are set to begin by the start of March. Marijn Struyf, spokesperson for the mobility group De Werkvennootschap, confirmed the update ...

Belgium is home to several education systems, with one for each language community (French, Dutch and German), as well as religious and secular establishments. If this weren't enough, there are also ...