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

Millions will take to the streets in France and elsewhere on Monday to celebrate the country's National Day, commonly known as Bastille Day or Fête Nationale, commemorating the fall of the Bastille in ...

EU biodiesel sector applauds anti-dumping probe into Chinese imports The EU biodiesel market, which is valued at about €31 billion annually, has seen a recent surge in imports from China, which almost ...

As with most things in Belgium, language plays an important role in the country's political party systems: the deep decentralisation and linguistic divide have led to a fractured political landscape.

Why we still need Benelux Before the European Union, before the Treaty of Rome, there was Benelux. The trailblazing economic union of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg paved the way for the ...

Lime scooters are once again available for use in Brussels. Credit: Benjamin Cheng.

A deepfake video showing Belgium's prime minister speaking of an urgent need to tackle the economic and climate crises has been put into circulation by Extinction Rebellion Belgium. Published on ...

Former Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti is sentenced to a year in prison for tax fraud, for receiving15% of his €6 million-a-year net salary as image rights.

Who’d be a freemason? The first Temple of Jerusalem became a metaphor for perfection. “The aim of freemasons is to build a temple of humanity – an ideal that begins within each individual, but extends ...

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 ...

At least 261 tonnes of timber were imported into Belgium from Russia despite sanctions following the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Russian timber imports were banned in the fifth round of EU ...

Electric cars are involved in 50% more traffic accidents than their petrol and diesel counterparts, according to a study by insurer Axa.