The City of Brussels has extended its ban on alcohol consumption in several central districts until October 2026, citing persistent problems with public drunkenness, drug use, and anti-social ...

The Federal Institute for Human Rights (FIRM) has issued a negative opinion on a draft law aimed at banning and dissolving extremist and radical organisations, warning it violates multiple human ...

Modave Castle sits on a rocky outcrop high above the Hoyoux river valley, not far from Huy. It is a handsome 17th century castle with Brussels tapestries, Flemish paintings and ornate stucco ceilings.

Belgium's politics is famously complicated, and people can often no longer see the forest for the trees. Therefore, The Brussels Times will provide an overview of the different political parties, how ...

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 ...

Today a small country renowned for its linguistic battles, it is hard to imagine that only 150 years ago, Belgium was the first industrial nation on the Continent and second in the world. Karl Marx – ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

In most countries, football league winners get to lift the trophy when the season concludes in May. However, in Belgium, topping the table is only half the job – enter the crazy Champions' Play-offs.

On a grey Belgian spring day, people in dark suits hurry up and down Antwerp’s Hoveniersstraat carrying black leather briefcases. Some pause to talk with one another for a moment, but in the city’s ...