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A general strike called by three unions, which are seeking higher wages, is expected to paralyse Belgium tomorrow

Flights to and from Belgium affected by national strike

Flights to and from Belgium tomorrow have been cancelled due to a national strike which threatens to bring the country to a standstill.

Europe • 12 Feb 19

Hanging around: Thief caught with pants down in Belgium

A hapless thief in Belgium was left suspended from a fence not once, but twice in one night.

News Lens • 20 Dec 18

Prime Minister Charles Michel took office in 2014

Belgium's Prime Minister resigns in row over migration

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel has announced his resignation.

News • 18 Dec 18

The departures leave Prime Minister Charles Michel as the head of a minority government

Flemish nationalists quit Belgian govt in migration row

Belgium's Flemish nationalist party has said it will quit the ruling coalition, leaving Prime Minister Charles Michel as the head of a minority government after a row over a UN migration pact.

Belgium • 09 Dec 18

Police use water cannon to disperse the protesters

Belgian police use tear gas on 'yellow vest' protesters

Belgian police have used a water cannon and tear gas in central Brussels to drive back protesters inspired by France's "yellow vest" anti-tax movement who threw rocks at the prime minister's office.

Europe • 30 Nov 18

Previous legal cases in this area resulted in dismissals before going to court

Three euthanasia doctors to face trial in Belgium

Three doctors will face a criminal trial in Belgium accused of failing to comply with the legal conditions for euthanasia, the first such case since it was decriminalised in 2002.

World • 23 Nov 18

Club Bruges said their Croatian coach Ivan Leko was taken in for questioning

Leading coach detained in Belgian football probe

Belgian police have raided football clubs across the country and detained the coach of champions Club Bruges, two top agents and others for questioning about financial fraud and possible match-fixing.

World • 10 Oct 18

150 Ryanair flights in to and out of Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Belgium and the Netherlands will be affected by strike action tomorrow

German Ryanair pilots to join cabin crew strike action

Ryanair faces further industrial difficulties tomorrow as some pilots based in Germany announced that they were joining the 24-hour cabin crew strikes already scheduled to take place in Spain, Italy, Portugal, Belgium and the Netherlands.

Business • 27 Sep 18

Ryanair had offered to follow Belgian employment law from March 2020 for Ryanair contracted employees

Belgian union turns down Ryanair offer ahead of strike

The union representing cabin crew in Belgium said it had turned down an offer by Ryanair ahead of a planned strike on September 28.

Business • 19 Sep 18

A fourth day of industrial action by directly-employed Dublin pilots is due to take place on Friday 3 August

Ryanair cancels 20 flights over pilots' strike

Ryanair has said it has cancelled 20 of its planned 300 flights for Friday 3 August due to a strike by Dublin-based pilots.

Ryanair • 26 Jul 18

Benjamin Herman was shot dead during a gunfight with police officers

Belgian attacker killed police while on day release

Belgian authorities are facing questions over why a prison inmate, believed to have been radicalised in jail, was let out for a day and used it to kill three people in Liege as well as a former associate.

Europe • 30 May 18

Forensic specialists examine one of the scenes where four people died, including the gunman

Belgian attacker was on police 'watchlist'

A gunman on a police watchlist for contacts with Islamist extremists launched a suspected terror attack in Belgium this morning, shooting dead two female police officers with their own weapons before killing a bystander.

World • 29 May 18

the Office of the Auditeur du Travail du Hanaut confirmed the inspections were carried out last night

Belgian labour investigation into Ryanair staff

Labour inspectors in Belgium have carried out inspections of Ryanair staff at Charleroi Airport in an investigation into possible breaches of employment law.

Business • 25 May 18

Salah Abdeslam's lawyer Sven Mary speaks to reporters outside court this morning

Paris attacks suspect jailed in Belgium

A Belgian judge has sentenced Salah Abdeslam, the prime surviving suspect in the 2015 attacks on Paris, to 20 years in prison over a shootout with police in Brussels in 2016.

World • 23 Apr 18

Facebook said in a statement that it will appeal the ruling

Facebook faces massive fines for breaking privacy laws

A Belgian court threatened Facebook with a fine of up to €100 million if it continued to break privacy laws by tracking people on third party websites.

Business • 16 Feb 18

Salah Abdeslam sits as he is surrounded by Belgian special police officers in the courtroom in Brussels

Paris attack suspect refuses to answer Belgian court

The only surviving suspect of the 2015 terror attacks in Paris has said he would answer no questions in his trial in Belgium.

World • 05 Feb 18

A group of people broke off from the demonstration against slavery in Libya before putting on masks and turning violent

50 arrested in Brussels over slave market protests

Fifty people have been arrested in Brussels after police officers were attacked and shops damaged on the margins of a protest over the recent revelations of migrant slave markets in Libya, authorities said.

News • 26 Nov 17

Carles Puigdemont said that the charges being brought against Catalan leaders are 'groundless'

Spain's High Court calls on Puigdemont to testify

Spain's High Court has called on former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and 13 members of his sacked administration to testify on Thursday morning.

Europe • 31 Oct 17

In letters addressed to each of the five governments, the Commission pointed out that the reduction in their structural deficits fell short of what EU rules required

Commission warns five EU countries over 2018 budgets

The European Commission has warned Italy, France, Portugal and Belgium that their 2018 draft budget plans pose risks to meeting EU debt and deficit-reduction targets and has asked Spain for an updated budget draft that contains more information.

Business • 27 Oct 17

Belgium's federal prosecutors are treating the incident as an attempted terrorist murder

Brussels attack treated as 'attempted terrorist murder'

A man who was shot in Brussels after attacking two soldiers with a knife last night has died, according to Belgium's federal prosecutors.

World • 26 Aug 17

Dace Zarina (L) and Sara Gibaldo both died in the blaze

Jail term sought for director of Leuven Irish college

A Belgian prosecutor has sought a jail term for the director of the Irish College in Leuven in connection with a fire which killed two Irish students in 2014.

Courts • 06 Jun 17

Charles Michel has undergone multiple tests after the incident involving Princess Astrid

Princess damages Belgian PM's hearing with starting gun

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel has suffered partial hearing loss after a member of the royal family fired the starting pistol for a running race next to his ear.

World • 30 May 17

Wim Verbraeken, KBC Bank Ireland's chief executive

KBC Bank Ireland reports improved first quarter profits

KBC Bank Ireland has reported a first quarter profit of €70.4m - after tax and impairments - and up from a profit of €34.2m the same time last year.

Business • 11 May 17

Man tries to drive into crowded street in Belgium

Belgian police have arrested a man after he tried to drive into a crowd at high-speed in a shopping area in the port city of Antwerp.

World • 23 Mar 17

Belgian authorities had refused the visa, leading to a court battle

EU court rules states can deny humanitarian visas

European Union member states do not have to issue entry visas to people at risk of torture or inhuman treatment, the EU's top court has ruled, cutting off a possible channel for refugees into the bloc.

News • 07 Mar 17