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Chaotic scene in Belgium after passage a violent tornado
On Thursday evening, a violent tornado hit part of Belgium. A municipal emergency phase was triggered in the municipality of ...
Politico Europe3d
Like an episode of The Wire: Brussels gang wars spiral out of control
Jérémie Tojerow, a municipal councillor in leafy Uccle from the PS party, told POLITICO that the recent shootings in Brussels ...
The Peninsula3d
One killed as drug-linked shootings spike in Brussels
A fourth shooting incident in Brussels this week killed one person, Belgian authorities said on Friday, with a district mayor ...
BBC6y
Vincent Kompany's father becomes Belgium's first black mayor
Belgium has elected a black mayor for the first time - the father of international football star Vincent Kompany. Pierre Kompany topped the poll for the municipality of Ganshoren in Brussels ...
The New York Times10d
Belgium Forms a Government After 7 Months of Squabbling
By Koba Ryckewaert and Jeanna Smialek Reporting from Brussels Belgium reached an agreement to form a coalition government on Friday, the nation’s monarchy announced, ending seven months of ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency15d
Brussels mayor apologizes for ’42 deportations but ‘won’t pass judgment’
If not for the registration of Jews by the Belgian city, the deportation of Jews from Brussels in 1942 "would have never had the same impact," Thielemans said. Complicit municipal authorities were ...