- yesterday
Italy beat Turkey 4-1 and Olise strikes late as France edge Belgium in Nations League
Italy secured a 4-1 victory in Turkey following an opening defeat, while Michael Olise scored an 88th-minute solo goal to give France a 1-0 win in Belgium.
- 3d ago
Minister Valérie Glatigny denies cuts to Belgian teacher pay scales following September payroll changes
Education Minister Valérie Glatigny stated that teacher salary scales have not been altered, attributing lower base numbers on September payslips to an administrative formula implementing the federal indexation cap.
- Sep 18
Mark van Bommel names first Belgium squad for Nations League with two debutants
Belgium manager Mark van Bommel announced his squad in Tubize for four Nations League matches, calling up debutants Jari De Busser and Kyriani Sabbe while Thibaut Courtois sits out.
- Sep 17
Axel Witsel retires from Belgium national team after 140 caps and 18 years
The 37-year-old OGC Nice midfielder announced his permanent international retirement on Wednesday after registering 140 appearances and 12 goals across seven international tournaments for the Red Devils.
- Sep 14
Original Asterix in Britain cover fetches record 1.47 million euros at Belgian auction
An original 1966 cover illustration by Albert Uderzo for Asterix in Britain fetched 1.474 million euros including fees at an auction in Liège.
- Aug 24
Belgian satirist and pie thrower Noël Godin dies in Brussels at age 80
Belgian writer, film critic, and anarchist humorist Noël Godin, widely known as 'l'Entarteur' for targeting public figures with cream pies, died in Brussels on 23 August 2026.
- Aug 16
Lecornu pledges €100 million wildfire relief package in Gironde visit met with public anger
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu visited Le Porge on Monday to announce emergency funding and tax relief for fire-hit southwestern regions, facing hostile crowds and political questions over emergency resources.
- Aug 15
Belgium battles 3,000-hectare High Fens wildfire with European air support
Firefighters and international air crews continue operations in the High Fens nature reserve after a fire burned roughly 3,000 hectares along the Belgian-German border.
- Aug 3
Belgium braces for heatwave as temperatures climb to 32°C, code orange issued for Monday
The Royal Meteorological Institute issued a yellow warning for Sunday and will escalate most of the country to code orange on Monday, the expected peak of the hot spell.
- Jul 13
Paris–Berlin night train arrives in Hamburg for the first time as European Sleeper extends its cross-border route
The overnight rail link between the French and German capitals added its first and only German intermediate stop in Hamburg on Sunday morning, strengthening cross-border sleeper connections through Belgium.
- Jul 10
France lifts storm alert after tornado-like winds leave 53,000 without power and extensive damage across centre and east
A mini-tornado toppled two lorries on the A72 near Saint-Étienne, hail ignited a house fire in Haute-Savoie and a road worker was seriously hurt, as the most intense thunderstorm episode of the year swept France on 16 July. The orange vigilance was lifted early on 17 July while the heatwave receded to the south-east.
- Jul 7
Ebola death toll in DR Congo passes 500 as health workers threaten strike
The Bundibugyo strain, for which no vaccine exists, has killed 506 people out of 1,561 confirmed cases since the outbreak was declared on 15 May. Frontline health workers in Ituri province have threatened to strike over unpaid wages and poor conditions.
- Jul 1
EU imposes €3 customs levy on all low-value online imports from non-EU countries
From 1 July, the European Union applies a €3 customs duty per product category to all low-value e-commerce packages arriving from outside the bloc, ending decades of duty-free entry for orders under €150 and targeting fast-fashion platforms like Shein, Temu and AliExpress.
- Jun 12
Italian-Belgian crooner Frank Michael, who sold 15 million love ballads, dies at 79
The Italian-born Belgian crooner Frank Michael, best known for his 1996 hit 'Toutes les femmes sont belles' and a catalogue of unabashedly romantic songs, has died of lung cancer at 79, his family announced on Friday.
