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 ...

The life and death of Charles V, who ruled Europe’s greatest empire from Brussels Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was the most powerful man in Europe in the early 16th century, running a territory that ...

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 ...

Tram 10 was inaugurated by King Philippe in September, and connects the northern neighbourhood of Neder-Over-Heembeek to the rest of the city.

As befitting a numbers man, Belgium’s Finance Minister Vincent Van Peteghem is clear, precise, and, yes, measured. Mostly. We’re sitting in his swanky, second-floor offices at 11 Rue des Colonies ...

30,000 protesters, cancelled trains, planes and metros, and empty classrooms: here's our rundown of Belgium's national strike day, in pictures.

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 ...

Europe’s language revolution, now more visible than ever How successful are European countries at unifying their populations linguistically? Europe’s rapid linguistic transformation can now be ...

Brussels’ office bailouts: Empty floors, full price, no spies As much as 25% to 35% of all Brussels office space is vacant. Millions of square metres are unused, with buildings often even lit up ...

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, ...

“If you do not allow support for the job of a sex worker, like a bookkeeper for example, then you are making sure that the work is de facto not recognised as an actual job. But eradicating ...