The Brussels region has maintained its terror alert at level 4, the highest level possible, Belgian prime minister Charles Michel announced at a government press conference on Monday. Schools in Brussels will reopen on Wednesday - as will the metro and underground tram system. The rest of Belgium...

The Paris attacks and their association with the Brussels commune of Molenbeek, has led to international criticism of Belgium’s security forces. One publication even took it as a sign that Belgium is a failed state. Assertions like these may have some truth to them, but they often get mixed up with...

While Belgium is one of the world's most densely populated countries, its residents live in some of the least densely populated households in Europe. The vast majority of homes in Belgium have plenty of living space for each family member. Only 2% of families in Belgium live in 'overcrowded'...

Following Sunday evening's large-scale anti-terror action, the Belgian police carried out another series of actions on Monday morning, including seven house searches. Five people were arrested, and €26,000 confiscated during the raids, which took place in the vicinity of Brussels and Liège. Anti-...

As anti-terrorism operations were conducted in a total of 19 raids in Brussels on Sunday night, Belgians spontaneously began sharing cat photos on Twitter, drawing international attention. Belgian police on Sunday sent out a request to the public for “radio silence on social media”, to avoid...

Sixteen people have been arrested in a series of co-ordinated police raids in Brussels and Charleroi on Sunday night - but Paris terror suspect Salah Abdeslam remains at large. The Belgian federal prosecutor Eric Van Der Sijpt said 19 raids were carried out in Molenbeek, Jette, Anderlecht,...

While the air quality in the Royal Park of Brussels - the park between the Belgian Federal Parliament and the Royal Palace - is 'worrying', according to a study conducted by Flemish MP Joris Pochet in collaboration with the University of Antwerp (UA), the pedestrian zone in the city centre scores...

In the last 22 years, 794 people in Belgium have officially changed their gender, according to the Institute for equality between women and men, following Transgender Remembrance Day. The day occurs annually on 20 November to bring attention to the continued injustices endured by the transgender...

When Kaleidoscope opened six years ago, it was among the first of its kind in the city: a shop devoted entirely to the arts of knitting and crocheting. At the time, these pastimes were just starting to unstitch themselves from the old-granny image they had held, slowly emerging from the dark age of...

The terror threat level for the Brussels region was raised to "maximum" on Saturday, with Belgium's Coordinating Body for Threat Analysis (OCAM) warning of a "serious and imminent" risk of an attack. The city's underground metro system will be closed until at least Sunday afternoon, and trams will...