News from Belgium

The number of people arriving at Spain’s borders can quickly become a European issue, particularly when pressure builds around Ceuta, Melilla or the Canary Islands....

Chocolate lovers have a new world champion to celebrate after two days of extraordinary creations in Belgium. Italian chocolatier Tommaso Grollero has been crowned World...

Lunch at a luxury Belgian hotel took a strange four-legged turn when a horse strolled through the front doors and headed straight for the restaurant. Diners...

A young cashier refused to hand over takings from the till to a man with underpants pulled over his face, and what he did next...

A very woolly queue has set off from Diest, moving at exactly three kilometres an hour, as part of a relay, but its not a...

You've landed, you're desperate to get to your hotel, and then a passport queue swallows up to five hours. That's what some passengers arriving at...

Residents of Mol-Achterbos, a small Belgian district, spent several days baffled after fake parking tickets began appearing on windscreens across the area. Some confused car...

For more than two decades, one Belgian man lived with a family secret that had fuelled rumours surrounding the country's royal household. Now, after a...

An 18-year-old thought he had spotted a scatter of €1 coins while laying a drainage pipe, until a gold nugget rolled out beside them. What...

There’s a small window every two years when Brussels’ central square turns into a giant, living canvas in a 55-year-old tradition, but only for a...

If you are heading to Brussels this summer, or have family living in the Belgian capital, an indefinite firefighters’ strike could affect emergency response times. While...

EU citizens who move to Belgium to look for work could soon face much tougher checks, under a new Belgian government proposal that would force...

Air traffic controllers at Skeyes, the Belgian company in charge of the skies over the country, have launched previously unannounced strikes that have brought Belgian...

Finding a holiday apartment on Airbnb in Belgium may soon become a little different. The Flemish government has approved new measures that will prevent tourist accommodation...