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A man walks in an empty street in front of the closed Le Roi des Belges bar in Brussels city centre

Brussels in lockdown after terror alert upgraded

Brussels is in lockdown tonight after the terror alert in the Belgian capital was upgraded to its highest level.

Liberty Global is backed by US tycoon John Malone

Liberty Global offers concessions in Belgian deal

Liberty Global has offered concessions in a bid to secure European Union competition approval for its €1.33 billion offer for KPN's Belgian mobile operator, the Commission said today.

Business • 15 Sep 15

Some 40,000 men were killed or wounded in the Battle of Waterloo

Events celebrate bicentenary of Battle of Waterloo

Crowds have flocked to Belgium to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo.

News • 22 Jun 15

The €2.50 coins can be used in Belgian shops, but collectors are expected to snap most of them up

Belgium produces €2.50 coin

Belgium has begun to produce €2.50 coins to mark the 200th anniversary of Napoleon's defeat of at the Battle of Waterloo, after France forced it to scrap a €2 coin for the same purpose.

News • 09 Jun 15

Liberty Global's Telenet to buy KPN's Belgian unit

Liberty Global's Belgian subsidiary Telenet has agreed to buy local mobile network operator Base from Dutch group for €1.325 billion.

Business • 20 Apr 15

Probe into Belgian tax system is part of a broader inquiry into tax deals with multinationals across the EU

EU opens inquiry into Belgian corporate tax system

The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into a Belgian tax provision allowing companies to reduce their tax bills.

Business • 03 Feb 15

Belgium has raised its national alert level after the Verviers operation

Greek arrests 'not linked' with Belgian inquiry

The arrests of at least four people by Greek anti-terrorism police are not linked to an inquiry into a jihadist cell broken up this week in Belgium.

News • 19 Jan 15

Greece's anti-terror police were seeking to determine whether those arrested included Abdelhamid Abaaoud

Greece arrests four over foiled Belgium attacks

At least four people have been arrested in Athens as part of a probe into a jihadist cell that was dismantled in Belgium this week before it could carry out any attacks.

News • 17 Jan 15

Belgian authorities said anti-terror police thwarted an imminent attack on police officers

Five people charged after Belgian terror raids

Five people have been charged with "participating in the activities of a terrorist group" following a series of raids in Belgium.

News • 16 Jan 15

Police commandos ran into a hail of gunfire after trying to gain entry to an apartment in Verviers

Two killed in anti-terror raid in Belgium

Belgian police killed two men who opened fire on them during one of about a dozen raids today against a group that was about to launch "terrorist attacks on a grand scale", a federal prosecutor told a news conference this evening.

News • 16 Jan 15

Frank Van Den Bleeken considers himself a menace to society

Belgian serial rapist denied 'right to die'

An imprisoned Belgian serial rapist and murderer whose wish to die had been granted by doctors will not now be euthanised following a fresh medical decision, Justice Minister Koen Geens said.

News • 06 Jan 15

Frank Van Den Bleeken is serving life for sexual assault and murder at the prison of Bruges

Belgian serial rapist to be voluntarily euthanised

A convicted serial rapist, who had long asked to be allowed to die on psychological grounds, will be euthanised in Belgium on 11 January.

News • 05 Jan 15

Jejoen Bontinck acknowledged travelling to Syria, but claimed he was there for humanitarian work

Islamic extremist trial begins in Belgium

Belgian prosecutors have accused 46 members from an Islamist group of belonging to a terrorist organisation and brainwashing young men in Belgium into fighting in Syria.

News • 29 Sep 14

KBC has said it hopes its loss-making Irish unit would become profitable from 2016 onwards

Belgium's KBC to accelerate state aid repayment

KBC said it aimed to repay all of its outstanding state aid by the end of 2017, three years earlier than initially planned.

Business • 17 Jun 14

The man, who is in his 20s, is the fourth fatality from the attack

Man shot in Belgian museum dies from his injuries

A young Belgian man who was shot in an attack on the Jewish Museum in Brussels last month has died of his injuries, the public prosecutor's office said.

News • 06 Jun 14

Three people were killed in the attack on 24 May

Belgian shooting suspect refuses extradition

The French national suspected of shooting three people dead in Brussels' Jewish Museum last month has refused extradition from France to Belgium, prosecutors and his lawyer have said.

News • 04 Jun 14

There were heated exchanges in the parliament yesterday (Pic: EPA)

Belgium adopts law allowing euthanasia for U18s

Belgium's lower house of parliament has adopted, by a large majority, a law allowing euthanasia for terminally ill children.

News • 13 Feb 14

There is widespread support for the proposal in the House of Representatives

Belgian parliament debates euthanasia for children

A child euthanasia debate has divided Belgian parliamentarians ahead of Thursday's vote expected to legalise the right to grant euthanasia for terminally ill children.

News • 12 Feb 14

Emergency services hoisted search rescue dogs into the building

Two Irish women die in fire in Belgium

The Irish College in the Belgian city of Leuven has issued a statement tonight saying that the building in which two young Irish students were killed this morning was in compliance with all regulations.

News • 31 Jan 14

Belgium's Senate members vote during a session of the Senate's justice and social affairs commission on the expansion of the euthanasia law for minors

Belgium to rule on euthanasia for sick children

Belgium has moved a step closer to introducing the right to grant euthanasia for terminally-ill children, after a parliamentary committee voted it through by a large majority.

News • 27 Nov 13

Digiweb said its Belgian operations would be managed from Ireland

Digiweb acquires retail arm of Belgium's Mondial

Digiweb has acquired the retail assets of Belgian internet service provider Mondial Telecom in an all-cash transaction.

Business • 12 Sep 13

79-year-old King Albert II will stand down later this month

Belgian king abdicates in favour of his son

Belgium's King Albert II is to abdicate in favour of his son, Crown Prince Philippe.

News • 03 Jul 13

42 people, mainly teenagers, were on the bus at the time

Five killed in Belgian bus crash

At least five people have been killed after a bus crashed through guardrails and ended up under an elevated motorway near the Belgian city of Antwerp.

News • 14 Apr 13

Belgium's finance minister Steven Vanackere announces decision to quit

Belgian finance minister resigns

Belgium's government said today that its Finance Minister Steven Vanackere is stepping down.

Business • 05 Mar 13

The airport was closed for six hours after the accident, but has since re-opened

Five people killed in plane crash in Belgium

A small passenger plane has crashed at Belgium's Charleroi Airport, killing five people and closing the airport that is a hub for Ryanair and other low-cost carriers.

News • 09 Feb 13