As Saint Patrick's Day celebrations kick off the world round today, revellers in Brussels have already been at it since yesterday. In the Cinquantenaire park on Sunday there was a big Irish celebration and a parade. The many Irish pubs across Brussels were overfull, and the festivities continue...

Axel Hirsoux of Hainaut province in southern Belgium will represent his country on May 6 at the 59th Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Copenhagen. During Sunday night’s Belgian final of Eurovision 2014 - this year organised by the VRT at Antwerp’s Sportpaleis - Hirsoux won over the largely...

A small statue of the Virgin Mary is drawing thousands of people to the sleepy town of Jalhay in southern Belgium. Retired bricklayer Daniel Le Floch discovered that the old plaster statuette of the Virgin Mary, which has stood rather inconspicuously in his kitchen for the past 15 years, suddenly...

Hoorah! A female comedian is finally gracing the stage of Stand Up Brussels comedy at Théâtre 140 on March 22. Ventriloquist star Nina Conti is a familiar face on UK television, as are her motley collection of sidekicks. The award-winning comedian and actress may appear as though butter would not...

A choice isn't a choice when it is made with a gun to your head. Yet on Sunday, the people of Crimea will be asked to make an impossible choice: to vote to become subjugated by Russia; or to vote for independence - with no guarantee that Russia will show any more respect for the sovereignty of an...

What do you do? In 2006 I started up my own company called Gero Technics. We provide technical support for smaller businesses. Do you enjoy the work? Yes, I love my job. Every day brings a new challenge, with new problems surfacing on industrial machines that need to be resolved. What do you think...

Belgium’s King Philippe and Queen Mathilde paid their English counterpart a visit Thursday when the royal couple made their first official trip across the Channel to Buckingham Palace. England’s Queen Elizabeth welcomed the new king and queen to London, inviting them to a private luncheon at her...

Federal minister of equal opportunities, Joelle Milquet, has announced a new law that will make sexual harassment illegal in Belgium. Under the new legislation, it will be a criminal offence to insult a person based on gender or to make intimidating sexual remarks in the street. The new law also...

Cinema multiplex Kinepolis will remain at Heysel and become part of the development of the new Neo shopping and leisure complex. The cinema chain signed an agreement yesterday with the three potential developers of the complex. Former Brussels City mayor Freddy Thielemans introduced the Neo...

Belgium and the self-governing island nation of Jersey have signed a tax information exchange agreement, or TIEA, that will create greater transparency. Belgium’s Minister of Foreign affairs Didier Reynders and Jersey’s Minister for External Relations Senator Sir Philip Bailhache made the agreement...