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During the latter half of May 2020 the number of divorce applications was 25% higher than during the same period last year.

A beach bar in the upmarket West Flemish resort of Knokke-Heist has been forced to close after one of its staff members tested positive for the novel coronav...

The British Foreign Ministry has launched a campaign the aim of which is to inform UK nationals living in Belgium of what they need to do to “protect their r...

Once again a bust of King Leopold II has been daubed with paint outside the Africa Museum in the Flemish Brabant municipality of Tervuren.

The film shows the man cover several hundred meters on the scooter.

The East Flemish town of Aalter has launched a digital registration systems for customers in its bars and restaurants.

Philippe Goffin was speaking in an interview with VRT Radio 1’s morning news and current affairs programme ‘De ochtend’.

Just one fan was detained for setting of fireworks in celebration of the Great Old’s win.

From this weekend the authorities in a number of cities, including Brussels will start clamping down on those that flout rules obliging them to wear masks co...

This means that people travelled there from Belgium will be obliged to quarantine for ten days. In the case of Slovenia this will be 14 days.

A seal that died after it had become entangled in a rope has been washed up in the harbour channel at the West Flemish coastal town of Nieuwpoort.

The Federal Highways Police will be carrying out checks at border crossings all weekend to ensure that motorists returning from foreign holidays have filled ...

Bart Tommelein has called on the Belgian rail company to be better prepared for incidents like Friday evening’s technical issues.

The information contained in the forms will make it easier to trace those have potentially come into contact with people that are infected with the novel cor...

Around three hundreds trucks belonging to the owners of fairground attractions from across Belgium are staging a protest in the centre of Brussels.

With temperatures set to top 36°C in some areas on Friday afternoon. 31 July is set to be the warmest day of the year so far.

Blankenberge police are staging anonymous checks in the streets of the coastal resort. "If you quickly put on your mouth mask when you see us, it's too late"

Friday will see temperatures climb to 35 degrees Celsius, but it will be just one tropical day: as from Saturday, temperatures will drop again.

At a press conference held on Wednesday afternoon the Governor of Antwerp Province Cathy Berx has confirmed that the measures designed to curb the spread of ...

The city authorities in Brussels have extended the area in which the wearing of masks coving the mouth and nose is mandatory.

A concentration of infections has been traced the department that deals with operational information.

The accident happened at around 11:20pm on Tuesday near to the Raversijde Estate in the west of the city.

The measures agreed at Monday’s meeting of the National Security Council came into force at midnight.

The authorities in The Hague have advised people living in The Netherlands against visiting our country’s most northern province.

Strict new measures have been imposed on life in the City of Antwerp to stem the spread of coronavirus, but during the summer you’ll find many Antwerpians in...

First the good news Aline De Cokere and Dieter Bleyaert are legally married. The ceremony took place on 23 May and just the two of them celebrated it, but t...

Bart De Wever has spoken of how the second wave of coronavirus cases reached his city. The mayor of Antwerp voiced concern about the situation in Brussels: ...

The Brussels Judicial Authorities report that a 36-year-old man has been detained after he threw Molotov cocktails at the Federal Parliament building on Mond...

A mother from Torhout in West Flanders was shocked to discover that a photograph of her 3-year-old son featured on the website of the Chinese web shop AliExp...

A mother from Torhout in West Flanders was shocked to discover that a photograph of her 3-year-old son featured on the website of the Chinese web shop AliExp...

Police in Flemish Brabant Province stopped a party at a B&B in Geetbets, east of Leuven, on Saturday night. 21 people were at the party, though only 15 peop...

Different municipalities are introducing different rules for face masks outdoor. Some are going far, making it mandatory on the whole territory.

Care homes in Flanders should not go in "lockdown" again and bar any visitor, for the well-being of the residents, a report says.

Police will stage stricter checks (and give fines on the spot) if you are not wearing a face mask where this is mandatory.

The government's latest spate of Covid measures has also triggered criticism from certain experts.

Night shops are to close earlier, and pubs and restaurants will have to register all customers and keep details for two weeks.

The City of Ostend, Belgium’s leading seaside resort, has made the wearing of face coverings mandatory in shopping streets and on markets. The measure is de...

The Mayor of Antwerp, Bart De Wever (Flemish nationalist), is introducing new local restrictions to combat the surge of infections in his city. Face coverin...

Only 3% of the grain used in the production of Belgian beer is grown in Belgium, but brewery 3 Fonteinen in Lot (Beersel - Flemish Brabant) is eager to see t...

The corona crisis has put a damper on celebrations marking the Belgian holiday on the anniversary of the taking of the oath of office by Leopold I, the first...

A woman attacked a student doing a holiday job with a screwdriver in the seaside resort of Westende (Middelkerke - West Flanders) on Monday. The student was...

Increasing numbers of tourists are attending the Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ieper. During the lockdown the Last Post was sounded by only one bu...

Brussels police closed two hospitality businesses on Sunday night after corona restrictions were being flouted. Both establishments had too many customers i...

The Flemish government has earmarked 6.5 million for dozens of energy-saving projects in high schools and universities.

"If you haven't booked a trip abroad yet, try to stay in Belgium if you can": Interior Minister Pieter De Crem has launched an appeal.