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.

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 ...

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 ...

As an engine of the Belgian economy at the forefront of global trade, the Port of Antwerp – which now includes Bruges – could become even more important as it anchors itself in green and digital ...

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, ...

Mons boasts UNESCO sites and events, military history, buildings and street art, and one-of-a-kind museums for a weekend of intrigue.

"For young people, it's clearly a race for the best salary. This trend indicates a shift from past years where factors such as work-life balance, mobility, and training opportunities held more ...

How to become a freemason in Belgium There are some 25,000 Freemasons in Belgium, of whom one third are women.

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 ...

It was one of the largest prisoner-of-war (POW) camps in western Europe, holding nearly 60,000 Germans from March 1945 to August 1946. Yet today Prisoner-of-War Camp 2228 looks like a non-descript ...

African leaders have gathered in Dakar to respond to rising food prices and disruption in global food supply due to Covid-19, climate change and conflicts such as the war in Ukraine. African heads of ...