Belgium
All Belgian bars and restaurants will be forced to close for four weeks, the federal government said on Friday, in order to tackle a surging...
Coronavirus: Belgium clarifies ‘misunderstanding’ over categories’ mix up (Updated)
Cyprus is not on Belgium’s list of category B countries, its foreign ministry clarified on Thursday evening after it said Belgian media got the wrong...
Belgians holiday in trees as COVID-19 prompts staycations
Rather than take a summer holiday abroad during the coronavirus pandemic, some Belgians are trying a novel camping experience at home, spending a night in...
Court orders Belgium to take back woman and children from Syria
A Brussels court has ordered Belgium to repatriate from Syria within 75 days a woman whose husband fought for Islamic State and her children. The...
Belgium cancels all flights as workers stage national strike
BRUSSELS, Feb 12 (Reuters) – Belgian airports cancelled almost all flights on Wednesday due to a national strike over pay and working conditions that halted...
Belgian PM offers to quit in crisis started by migrant row
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Belgium Prime Minister Charles Michel offered to resign on Tuesday after opponents tabled a no-confidence vote...
Match-fixing suspect to remain in custody until extradition hearing on Monday
By Elias Hazou A 52-year-old man, arrested in Cyprus as part of a major investigation by Belgian authorities into financial fraud and possible match-fixing, is...
Rubens museum steers visitors away from nudes, in jab at Facebook censorship
Visitors to a Belgian art gallery were stunned when security guards ordered them away from nude paintings by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens, in what...
Belgium detains 13 in tennis match-fixing probe
Belgium has detained 13 people in raids over an investigation into suspected match-fixing in the lower ranks of professional tennis, federal prosecutors said on Tuesday. A...
‘Terrorist’ kills two policewomen and passer-by in Belgium
A man killed two policewomen and a bystander in the Belgian city of Liege on Tuesday before being shot dead in a gunbattle at a...