In the Brussels Cinquantenaire Park on Sunday, some 1,500 people gathered in support of a new campaign against the presence of nuclear weapons in Belgium. The 'Time to go' campaign's most immediate cause for action is the approval to modernise U.S. nuclear weapons in Limburg's Kleine-Brogel ...

Jimmy Wales, co-founder of the online non-profit encyclopaedia Wikipedia, is the guest of honour of the Ideafest seminar this Thursday at the Free University of Brussels (VUB). During the Ideafest, experts will discuss whether the free sharing of research results, so-called “open science”, could...

The vessel is 400 metres long, has 19 decks and weighs more unloaded than 55 nuclear submarines. If all 18,000 containers were laid end to end, they would stretch for 110 kilometres. The Port Authority said it was “delighted” with the arrival of the Mary Maersk. The success of the run proved...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was in Ghent on Saturday to attend the state funeral of former Belgian prime minister Wilfried Martens. Merkel was one of many Belgian and European leaders who took part in the funeral in Sint-Baaf’s Cathedral in honour of the Flemish statesman, who died on 9 October...

There's no need to head straight back home after the exhibition, with plenty of places nearby to go for lunch or dinner, enjoy a drink, shop and even spend the night. Here's our pick of some of the best spots: Laurent Gerbaud In his mission statement, Brussels chocolate maker Laurent Gerbaud says...

The Puurs-based Belgian brewery Duvel Moortgat announced it would enter a "long-term partnership" with American craft brewer Boulevard Brewing Company, thereby strengthening Duvel's already large presence in the North American beer market. Boulevard Brewing Company was founded in 1989 in Kansas...

Suzuki Belgium this week presented its new limited edition iSwift model, equipped with a mobile hotspot for wireless internet. It comes with a two-year subscription to Mobile Vikings, which allows up to 2 GB of data per month at home and abroad. The built-in 3G Wi-Fi hotspot of the type iX-i5 comes...

Belgium has secured a berth among the top seeds for next year’s World Cup, ensuring it will be kept apart from hosts Brazil and the other six top ranked teams in the group stages of the tournament. The coveted seeding comes after Belgium shot up the FIFA rankings: The Red Devils are now fifth in...

Swedish truck builder Volvo plans to invest “several million” euros in its factory in Ghent, in a move designed to turn the site into the company’s largest for trucks over 16 tonnes. The plan also involves the removal of production lines for medium-sized trucks to a factory in France. Volvo Ghent...

Flemish transport minister Hilde Crevits ( pictured ) signed a treaty today with three other EU ministers that paves the way for the creation of a new inland shipping corridor to link the river Seine with the river Scheldt. The project forms part of the EU’s ambitious Trans European Transport...