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A letter written by Elizabeth I to Ghent official Jan van Hembyse on 30 December 1578, is to be presented to the Belgian city in a ceremony on Tuesday.
US flags are flying from every street of Bastogne this weekend as the Ardennes town commemorates the 80th anniversary of the WWII Battle of the Bulge.
From the legendary crusader Godfrey of Bouillon to tales from the Middle Ages and vestiges of castles across Wallonia, Leona Francombe drew on Belgium’
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium will join American veterans and international dignitaries for the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne on 14 December.
From its imposing position on the raised ground of Coudenberg and with a history dating from the 12th century, it was one of the grandest palaces in the whole of Europe.
Brussels’ iconic techno club Fuse, in business now since 1994, is donating hundreds of items of memorabilia spanning almost 30 years to the Brussels-City archives.
Archaeologists and military veterans have unearthed a unique clearance trench on the site of a former field hospital at Mont-Saint-Jean farm near Waterloo.
The first action in Brussels’ decolonisation plan took place in Cinquantenaire Park over the weekend.
“Tournai, the only Belgian city to have ever been English!”, declares the newly inaugurated banner adorning the city’s historic Henry VI
