Just before 11:00, a bomb threat was reported on board a Ryanair plane from Portugal that had arrived at Charleroi Airport ...

In a desolate, windswept corner of the Brussels North business district, an empty glass tower rises above 34 Boulevard Roi Albert II. The Möbius II tower — a 100-meter-tall ellipse — is impeccably ...

The EU biodiesel market, which is valued at about €31 billion annually, has seen a recent surge in imports from China, which almost doubled in 2023. The European Commission has launched an ...

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24 April marks the 10th anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory building in Bangladesh. The deadly tragedy was a turning point for the textile and garment industry, as the Bangladesh ...

Before the European Union, before the Treaty of Rome, there was Benelux. The trailblazing economic union of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg paved the way for the European project that followed ...

One of the largest galleries in Brussels city centre is a ghost town despite a renovation costing over €5 million two years ago. Amid marbled walls, lighting jobs and red carpets, businesses continue ...

The Ribaucourt, Simonis (Elisabeth), and Yser metro stations were evacuated for safety reasons after smoke was detected under a metro train at Ribaucourt, the Brussels public transport authority, Stib ...

Europe’s cocaine trade is booming and the drug’s gateway of choice is now the port of Antwerp. As the market has grown, so too have the drug gangs who find ever more ingenious ways to smuggle it in, ...

Was Leuven founded by Vikings? Between myth and legend Although Leuven was accorded city rights first by the construction of a stone wall in the 12th century, it may owe its origin as a town to the ...