Described as short and plump, plainly dressed Sister Godfrieda did not stand out, apart from the fact that she wore a nun’s habit. But after she was arrested for a series of murders in the picturesque ...

Manneken-Pis, literally “little man pee,” in the Dutch dialect of Marols or “le petit Julien,” in French, is one of Brussels’ most famous and beloved citizens. But what’s the story behind this iconic, ...

On a grey Belgian spring day, people in dark suits hurry up and down Antwerp’s Hoveniersstraat carrying black leather briefcases. Some pause to talk with one another for a moment, but in the city’s ...

Belgium may be divided politically and linguistically, but one thing all regions and communities can agree on is the beloved national biscuit: Speculoos. Much like beer, chocolate, waffles or fries, ...

On October 25, 1555, the grandees of the Habsburg Netherlands gathered in the Great Hall of the Coudenberg Palace in Brussels to witness an extraordinary event. A weary old man with a grey beard and a ...

Capital Region, nearly 200 prominent Brussels residents have signed an open letter calling for action. The Brussels Times has published the letter here in full.

Three suspects have been detained after Belgian police raided the European External Action Service (EEAS) in Brussels and the College of Europe in Bruges on Tuesday. Led by the European Public ...

Belgian Finance Minister Jan Jambon is examining whether it is legally feasible to implement the capital gains tax from 1 January, as initially planned. Jambon’s spokesperson told De Tijd that the ...

As host to the EU institutions, NATO and over 200 foreign missions, Brussels is used to its fair share of scandals. But arguably nothing could have prepared it for the political and diplomatic storm ...

Reimbursements worth over €5 million are currently stalled at the Promaz fund due to insufficient financial resources, as reported by VRT on Sunday morning. Promaz is a fund responsible for covering ...

Feared and reviled down the centuries, freemasons are still treated with suspicion. Seven starving Belgian political prisoners sat around a table in barrack Number 6, a wooden hut in the Nazi ...

Contemporary Belgian politics often seems too complex for its good, but the political landscape in the Middle Ages and the early modern period could have been even more bizarre. Belgium was once a ...