As the demonstration came to a close, the president of the socialist trade union federation ABVV-FGTB Thierry Bodson warned that a federal committee would be convened as soon as a government agreement ...

A turning point in Europe’s digital path Timed just ahead of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU (starting 1 July 2025) and at the conclusion of the Polish Presidency, the forum reflects ...

Rwanda had been a German colony since 1885, but the Belgians drove them out in 1916 during the First World War, and in 1924, the League of Nations officially gave Belgium a mandate over Ruanda-Urundi ...

Befimmo is Belgium’s largest non-listed office real estate company and owns approximately 850,000 square meters of office space across the country. In 2006, the Belgian government sold 62 buildings to ...

Promoted Don’t ignore the people: The WHO and the EU must listen to consumers on tobacco harm reduction By Alberto Gomez Hernandez, Policy Manager at the World Vapers' Alliance. An Economics graduate ...

This involved much gentrification of the main route through the town, trees being planted, wildlife access improved, and state-of-the-art tram stops (easy access for the disabled and mothers with baby ...

Just like everything else in Belgium, prostitution is a complicated topic. With different rules in different parts of the country, and no clear message on what is and what isn’t allowed, a lot of ...

Van Peteghem, two metres tall, lean, bespectacled and smartly dressed in a crisp white shirt, cuts an imposing figure. He has arrived a little late for our meeting, but, apologising, manages to cover ...

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, ...

The place the Brontë family is invariably associated with is the Yorkshire moors, the setting both for Wuthering Heights and for their own lives. Haworth, the Yorkshire village where the sisters spent ...

While the station has been the subject of unqualified headlines calling it ‘the most dangerous station in Europe’, the Midi Quarter is in urgent need of revitalisation, finding itself landlocked on ...