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Belgian police have ramped up efforts to curb the practice of human trafficking through the country en-route to the UK.
Two new studies released by Oxford University Press suggest that Belgium’s political mayhem may have actually helped the country weather the global economic crisis.
It seems the idea that the majority of Europeans have the ability to speak multiple languages is a myth.
Belgium needs to experience more severe winter weather than it has so far to escape the danger of the Asian tiger mosquito, the Institute for Tropical Medicine (ITG) in Antwerp announced yesterday
The number of counterfeit banknotes in circulation rose last year to 39,167, up from 22,433 in 2012, and a rise of 75%, the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) reported.
The Syrian conflict is attracting scores of Belgian Islamists to leave home and join the fight.
A religious community near the Italian city of Florence has refused to welcome Michelle Martin, the ex-wife of Belgian pedophile and child killer Marc Dutroux.
The government of Flanders plans to make “regular, large-scale checks” of drivers whose cars are equipped with foreign number plates, in an effort to detect those who are avoiding local registrati
Education ministers from the three Belgian language communities held their first “interministerial conference” this week, in the presence of King Philippe.
