Genocide suspect Charles Bandora has said he used a forged passport to enter Belgium from Malawi, which resulted in his arrest, writes the New Times’ Edwin Musoni . Bandora who was extradited to Rwanda from Norway in March, yesterday admitted uttering the forged document while appearing before the...

The city of Ghent has overturned its ban on civil servants wearing headscarves after the ruling Socialist / Green coalition decided to scrap a measure imposed in 2007 when centre-right parties dominated the city council, writes Reuters’ Philip Blenkinsop . More than 10,000 adult citizens, or about...

Belgium’s emergency and security services (including police forces, the fire brigade, civil defence and customs) will be equipped with their first dedicated and secure mobile 3G network. A five-year contract has been awarded to Astrium, an EADS company, who will equip the country’s local and...

Far-right party Vlaams Belang has borrowed a Thatcher-era slogan to launch its campaign for the 2014 general election. "Give us our money back," proclaims the party, pointing the finger at Belgium’s immigration policy, and the Eurozone crisis and Flemish money being used to help out Wallonia...

State security and military intelligence services used new techniques on 1,789 occasions between September 2010 and December 2012 in order to acquire information, it transpires from figures from the standing control committee for intelligence and security published today in De Tijd. State security...

The Canary Islands. A somewhat old-fashioned, but still very popular holiday destination for many Belgians. Sun, sea and beach, what more do you want? What many travellers do not know is that a large Flemish community lived on the islands during the 16th century. It is hard to spot traces of the...

A 53-year old man died after suffering a heart attack during the 34th edition of the Brussels 20km yesterday, Red Cross spokeswoman Nancy Ferroni told Belga. The man fell to the ground as he ran and, despite every effort to revive him, was pronounced dead on arrival at Saint-Luc hospital. The Red...

The European Commission is set to rap Belgium this week for failing to do enough to trim its budget deficit but is unlikely to go as far as imposing a fine, according to a press report Saturday. "Belgium can breathe easy," L'Echo wrote on Saturday ahead of the release Wednesday of the European...

Bangladesh’s Industries minister Dilip Barua called upon the Belgian government to open a consulate in the country’s capital Dhaka in order to boost trade and business between the two countries, reports the Daily Sun . “Bangladeshis have to go to New Delhi for visas as there is no Belgian consulate...