Protesting Leuven students calling for “Leuven Vlaams” (A Flemish Leuven) being clubbed by Belgian gendarmerie, the paramilitary federal force, on 18 January 1968 at the height of the turmoils.

Optimal sustainable transition pathways for glass bottles depend on context and product. New EU packaging rules need flexibility and openness, rather than rigid one-size-fit-all targets, to reflect ...

Was Leuven founded by Vikings? Between myth and legend Although Leuven was accorded city rights first by the construction of a stone wall in the 12th century, it may owe its origin as a town to the ...

Belgian elections guide: What Belgium's parties stand for Seven political parties are in the current Belgian government coalition, while more will compete in the June 9 elections. The Brussels Times ...

Europe’s cocaine trade is booming and the drug’s gateway of choice is now the port of Antwerp. As the market has grown, so too have the drug gangs who find ever more ingenious ways to smuggle it in, ...

30,000 protesters, cancelled trains, planes and metros, and empty classrooms: here's our rundown of Belgium's national strike day, in pictures. Tens of thousands of people working in various sectors ...

Scherpenheuvel-Zichem is to the northeast of the province of Flemish Brabant, about 50 km from the heart of Brussels. And for centuries, it’s been Belgium’s most popular pilgrimage site. Anyone ...

As an engine of the Belgian economy at the forefront of global trade, the Port of Antwerp – which now includes Bruges – could become even more important as it anchors itself in green and digital ...

Europe must build its own foreign policy if it has any hope of staying relevant and preserving its values, leading American economist Jeffrey Sachs said in the European Parliament in Brussels on ...

The EU biodiesel market, which is valued at about €31 billion annually, has seen a recent surge in imports from China, which almost doubled in 2023. The European Commission has launched an ...