Contemporary Belgian politics often seems too complex for its good, but the political landscape in the Middle Ages and the early modern period could have been even more bizarre. Belgium was once a ...

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, ...

From his home in the rural Flemish municipality of Oudsbergen, Raymond Behr shows his collection of medals. At just 17 years old, Behr was one of the 3,172 soldiers sent by Belgium to help defend ...

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 ...

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 October 25, 1555, the grandees of the Habsburg Netherlands gathered in the Great Hall of the Coudenberg Palace in Brussels to witness an extraordinary event. A weary old man with a grey beard and a ...

Time is running out for the World Health Organization's Pandemic Agreement. After more than three years of complex, arduous negotiations, we stand on the edge of failure—an outcome that will not ...

Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie and Nina Simone are jazz legends, but in the 1960s, they were unwittingly used as decoys by the United States to deflect attention from its role in its meddling in ...

The final touches are being made to the world-famous flower carpet on the Grand Place, Brussels' main square. Over 100 volunteers started working early on Thursday to decorate the cobblestones with ...

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, ...

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 ...

Belgium may be divided politically and linguistically, but one thing all regions and communities can agree on is the beloved national biscuit: Speculoos. Much like beer, chocolate, waffles or fries, ...