Belgian cycling champion Frank Vandenbroucke has died at the age of 34 while staying in Senegal. During his career he achieved such classic victories as Paris-Nice stage race in 1998 and 1999.
‘Olympia,’ a masterpiece by Belgian surrealist René Magritte, valued at around 3 million euros, was stolen from a Brussels museum Thursday while the site was open to visitors.
Following high octane demonstrations in France, Germany and other western European countries, Swiss farmers in Lausanne took to the streets Sunday to protest falling milk prices.
Usain Bolt clocked the fourth fastest time ever over 200 metres at a Golden League meeting in Brussels as fellow Jamaican Asafa Powell saw off US rival Tyson Gay in the 100m sprint.
Italian driver Giancarlo Fisichella, racing for Force India, clinched a surprise pole position at the Belgian Grand Prix, while world championship leader Jenson Button failed to make it into the top ten.
Nine elderly people died and three more were seriously injured in a fire at a convalescent home in Melle, northern Belgium, local mayor Dirk De Maeseneer and police said.
An anti-terrorism court in Morocco has sentenced Moroccan-born Belgian national Abdelkader Belliraj to life in prison for leading a terrorist group, committing six murders in Belgium, theft, arms smuggling and threatening state security.
Three prisoners have broken out of a Belgian jail in broad daylight using a hijacked helicopter. Officials said one of the accomplices was forced to stay behind because there was not enough space in the helicopter.
26-year-old Mahinur Ozdemir, a Belgian lawmaker of Turkish origin, was sworn in at the Brussels regional parliament Tuesday wearing an Islamic headscarf, in a first for the kingdom.
Christophe Robeet interviews Guy Verhofstadt, former Belgian prime minister, newly elected member of the European Parliament, and author of forthcoming book, "The Way Out of the Crisis: How Europe Can Save the World."
