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The number of tourists visiting the Westhoek area of West Flanders doubled in August and September compared to the same period last year, according to tourism organisation Westtoer.
The weekend’s public opening of a reconstructed pontoon bridge over the river Scheldt in central Antwerp was a major event in the city’s commemorations of the First World War, but it became chaoti
A permanent memorial to the Welsh soldiers who died in the First World War was unveiled at the weekend in Langemark, West Flanders, by the Welsh first minister, Carwyn Jones.
Belgium suffered five times more casualties in the First World War than previously thought, according to the results of a research project in which volunteers across the country counted the names
One hundred years to the day after the German Army marched into Belgium, world leaders gathered in collective remembrance of the conflict that cost the lives of 10 million soldiers.
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde this morning welcomed a gathering of world leaders and royal figures in Liège to mark the anniversary of the start of the First World War.
A plan to grow poppies all over Flanders to mark the centenary of the First World War has failed, after the flowers, made famous by the 1915 poem In Flanders Fields by Canadian doctor Lie
The leaders of the 28 countries of the European Union gathered in Ypres, West Flanders, on Thursday to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War.
The UK’s Prince William and Princess Kate plan to visit Belgium in August this year, as part of the First World War commemorations.
