Belgium is no longer granting asylum to people whose applications were accepted or refused in other EU Member States as a way to stop 'asylum shopping'. What does the term mean?

Around 1,000 Belgian activists blockaded two companies linked to Israel’s arms trade, demanding an end to European complicity in the Gaza genocide

"Persistent" human rights violations in Belgium are the result of deliberate governmental policies, Amnesty International has warned.

Locals in the Cureghem district of Anderlecht are at their wit's end with drug violence and social neglect. How are different groups responding?

Move NATO somewhere else. As Trump and Putin negotiate Ukraine's future and the transatlantic relationship sours, a leading US economist says now is the time for European autonomy.

A spate of shootings last year led to the creation of the 'hotspot' strategy. Has the measure made a difference to security in Brussels?

Two men armed with Kalashnikovs escaped the police via a metro tunnel on Wednesday. They were "extremely prepared" ahead of time, it has emerged.

"Rwanda kills, Congo bleeds", but this is "more than a quarrel between two countries".

The low-cost Irish airline will launch four new flights this summer.

"We still believe Belgium has the capacity to show warmth and solidarity with migrants and refugees."

The Ukrainian Ambassador to the EU reflects on the war against Russia as Trump enters the White House and global politics undergoes enormous shifts.

"If young people cause trouble in Uccle, we call it a crisis of adolescence. But if young people cause trouble in Marolles, we call it delinquency."

Some 30 people were evacuated from the site and are difficult to trace. The majority of relevant government agencies have shunned responsibility for the group.

"The police are seen as a symbol of authority and oppression. We try to be the other side of that."

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