Daily life will be disrupted by another strike in Belgium on Tuesday (20 May), as workers in all public services will protest against the Federal Government's plans for austerity. What disruptions are ...

When post-electoral negotiations stall and the formation of a new government is delayed, one institution in Belgium often regains a degree of autonomy: Parliament. In the absence of any policy ...

“If there’s a war, I’ll fight,” he says. “For the Belgians?” “For anyone who’s against the Nazis.” It is August 1939 in Ixelles. A young woman, Charlotte, opens the door to loud neighbours. We hear ...

Open drug use, shootings and residents who feel unsafe: Brussels has been in the news negatively quite a few times in recent months. The real estate market is also affected. Crime and a lack of safety ...

Electric cars are involved in 50% more traffic accidents than their petrol and diesel counterparts, according to a study by insurer Axa. The high number of accidents has actually nothing to do with ...

Energy consumption by Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rising rapidly: AI is predicted to consume twice as much energy as the whole of France by 2030, according to some calculations. Not only does AI ...

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 ...

A young Belgian man recently died by suicide after talking to a chatbot named ELIZA for several weeks, spurring calls for better protection of citizens and the need to raise awareness. "Without these ...

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 ...

On 26 September last year, the Nord Stream 1 and 2 underwater gas pipelines between Russia and Germany were blown up just off the coast of Bornholm, a Danish island in the Baltic Sea. In February this ...