The death toll of a coronavirus outbreak in a care home linked to a Father Christmas party for the elderly last month has reached 27. The Mol care centre in northern Belgium had organised a December 4 visit of the beloved figure who usually spreads mirth and presents, but there is a possibility the actor … Read more
The once secret princess of Belgium has met former king Albert for the first time since her legal battle to be accepted as his daughter. A photograph released by the palace today shows Princess Delphine de Saxe-Cobourg sitting smiling alongside Albert II and his wife Queen Paola in their home, Castle Belvédère, in Laeken on … Read more
Belgian foreign minister Sophie Wilmes, 45, is in intensive care with coronavirus after leading the country through the first six month of the pandemic as PM Sophie Wilmes, who was PM until 3 weeks ago, has been taken to intensive care She announced on Saturday that she had tested positive for coronavirus Wilmes led the … Read more
The first transgender politician to reach high office in Belgium has been attacked online by a far-right politician just days after she was appointed. Vice Premier Petra De Sutter, 57, of the Green Party was sworn in as part of a new government on Saturday, posting on social media that she was ‘proud that in … Read more
The love child of Belgium’s former King Albert II has revealed why she outed the royal as her father, insisting she would have done so regardless of his status. Artist Delphine Boel, 52, won a seven-year legal battle in January, which resulted in Albert, 86, admitting he was her biological father after submitting to a court-ordered DNA test … Read more
Activists have removed a statue of Belgium’s King Leopold II in Brussels – days after another one was taken down in Antwerp due to anti-racism vandalism. The figure was removed from its plinth during Thursday night, Belgian broadcaster RTBF reported, leaving an empty stand in the Auderghem neighbourhood on Friday. Photos show the separated bust on the floor … Read more
Activists have removed a statue of Belgium’s King Leopold II in Brussels – days after another one was taken down in Antwerp due to anti-racism vandalism. The figure was removed from its plinth during Thursday night, Belgian broadcaster RTBF reported, leaving an empty stand in the Auderghem neighbourhood on Friday. Photos show the separated bust on the floor … Read more
A statue of King Leopold II of Belgium was taken down in Antwerp today after it was vandalised by protesters because of his brutal colonial rule in the Congo. Leopold owned the Belgian Congo as his personal property from 1885 to 1908 and subjected its people to forced labour while he exploited the country’s rubber reserves … Read more
Belgium’s King Philippe wears a mask while taking his youngest daughter, Princess Eléonore, back to school WITHOUT her face covered as country’s schools reopen King Philippe wore a face mask as he took Princess Eleonore to the school doors But 12-year-old Eleonore did not have her face covered as she returned to school Princess Eleonore handed … Read more
Talk to any shopkeepers in this Belgian city and they’ll tell you they’re excited. Excited because Ghent, a sleepy university city just 30 minutes from Brussels, is seeing a new wave of visitors charmed by its beguiling cobbled streets, Gothic architecture and laid-back atmosphere. Once the seat of the Counts of Flanders, whose castle has … Read more