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A woman in her fifties is in hospital fighting for her life after her parachute failed to open during a jump.

Emergency services and dozens of volunteers managed to rescue the 65-year old Flemish speleologist from a Walloon cave.

A 17-year-old girl is dead and a 19-year-old woman is fighting for her life following a serious accident involving a microcar in St Genesius-Rode.

Belgium is investing 87 million euros in asylum provisions. Part of the money is being spent on 3,250 new reception places for asylum seekers as well as nin...

Belgian asylum minister Maggie De Block has approved a regularisation on humanitarian grounds.

A new name has yet to be chosen for the dock.

Sunday night, four sheep were attacked and killed in Lommel, Limburg province. It looks as if a wolf is responsible; an investigation is going on.

Prince Laurent, the younger brother of King Filip, has granted a long interview to the VRT's news programme Pano. He laments the lack of support from the Bel...

Two people sustained light injuries in Ghent, when a man drove his car into a picket line near the Ghelamco Arena. Police had to show their weapon to stop th...

A United Nations group of experts has called on Belgium to apologise for its colonial history and crimes committed during this dark chapter in Belgian history.

Police raided the premises of the Hells Angels bikers' club in Gentbrugge (Ghent) on Monday night.

If you have had your fill of these dark, gloomy and often cold days, there is good news. By the end of the week highs could have risen to 14°C.

Belgian Rail expects that 50 percent of rail services can be maintained during next Wednesday's national strike.

Manneken Pis, Brussels' famous peeing boy statue, is wearing a special costume today to honour emergency service workers.

The annual Auwch Award was invented by the Women's Council to highlight an organisation or institution which they label as "woman-unfriendly".

The Flemish public transport company De Lijn is auctioning 30 of its buses online. Bids are welcome as from 450 euros, or 750 if you want a more recent model.

Flemish Interior Minister Liesbeth Homans will not appoint four Mayors arguing that these have violated language legislation amidst mounting tensions between...

The Brussels Mobility Minister Pascal Smet (Flemish socialist) has announced that the end of the E40 Motorway from Leuven and the A12 from Antwerp are to bec...

In Buizingen (near Halle), ambulance workers have been attacked by a bunch of football hooligans when they came to help fans of a different team.

A nursing home in Drogenbos, near Brussels, was the scene of a fire late on Friday. It turned out that the blaze had been caused by an explosion, but the sto...

Plans for a new ferry link between the ports of Ramsgate and Ostend have collapsed after the British government suspended the contract with Seaborne Freight.

Belgian air traffic controllers of the Christian trades union ACV have warned that they may down tools again as from 23 February, claiming their management i...

Strong winds will persist during the whole weekend, reaching speeds of up to 85 km/h (over 50 miles per hour). The yellow alert has been activated, calling o...

European diplomats working in Brussels have been warned by internal intelligence services against various Russian and Chinese spies operating in our capital.

Sharp satellite images of Belgian nuclear power stations are there for all to see on Google Earth. The availability of such detailed images throws up questi...

Teacher for Climate wants the teachers to take part in demonstrations in the 5 provincial capitals.

MIVB has registered an average of 300,000 journeys per month on tram route 9.

A then 14-year-old boy that went missing from his home in Brussels municipality of Sint-Gillis has now been found alive.

A thief broke into an escape room in Leuven at the weekend. The owner told VRT: "The burglar clearly failed to understand the concept".

The children, both girls, are aged 2 and 4.

Virtually no busses are running in the whole of the province.

Of the country’s just over 4.9 million households, almost 1.7 million are made up of people that live alone.

Around 100 passengers were evacuated from the plane that was due to take off for Spain on Saturday morning.

Sleet and snow is expected fall today in many areas, making conditions dangerously slippery.

Several months ago the former Belgian monarch was told to give a sample by the Court of Appeal in Brussels.

Prince Laurent of Belgium, King Filip's younger brother, has asked PM Michel to help him recuperate 50 million euros from the Libyans.

Up to 15cm of snow predicted in places. Impact on the rush hour limited.

King Filip made his comments in a speech at the annual New Year’s reception for VIPs at the Royal Palace.

One route planner that covers all Belgium’s public transport services has been the dream of many for some time.