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Twenty-five years ago, on Sunday 20 October 1996, 300,000 people gathered near Brussels North station for the start of a march that would become a milestone in Belgian history.
The League of Families is advocating for the establishment of paid leave - up to 10 days per year - for employees to care for a sick child.
Fewer babies are being born in Brussels - and this threatens funding and jobs because the number of teachers is proportional to the number of children enrolled, some schools have warned.
Flanders plans to suspend international adoptions for at least two years while it reforms the system, the Flemish minister in charge of family affairs, Wouter Beke, has announced.
An 11-year-old has graduated from the University of Antwerp with a bachelor degree in physics.
Four Belgian MPs are tabling bills in parliament to amend the Civil Code to ban so-called educational corporal punishment such as slapping or spanking.
The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill that enshrines the right of siblings not to be separated in the event, for example, of divorce of their parents or the placem
Giving your child a double surname has been legal in Belgium since 2014 - but there has been no rush to take advantage of the legal change, new figures reveal.
After being ravaged by fire in February, the Sortilège adventure park has reopened in the wilds of Neder-Over-Hembeek last week - and attracted quite a crowd.
