"We are surrounded on all sides by magnificent forests with trees of immense height,” a Belgian official noted. Frigate birds, pelicans and white herons flittered above the surface of the bay’s ...

"And now for something completely different." This is the Monty Python quote engraved on a wooden block that perches on Christos Doulkeridis' mantelpiece. The words seem fitting for the outgoing mayor ...

For many people, the term 'witch' conjures up the image of a hunchbacked, wart-nosed old woman casting spells over her bubbling cauldron, or flying overhead on a broomstick – an image first said to ...

There is a strange crowd on the streets of Brussels, near the canal. A family of elves crosses the Suzan Daniel bridge. Behind, a group of dwarves and hobbits saunters along the pavement. To the left, ...

It’s the morning after an all-night recording session at Studio Katy, a music studio in Ohain, near Waterloo in 1982. Marvin Gaye is riding shotgun in a blue Mercedes saloon heading back on the ...

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.

Donald Trump has been reelected the 47 th President of the United States. It is feared his victory will embolden far-right politicians in Europe, who rushed to congratulate Trump on his return to the ...

There are some 25,000 Freemasons in Belgium, of whom one third are women.

Donald Trump completed the "greatest political come back of all time" in Tuesday night's US election, but how will the incoming US President's victory affect Europe and the wider world? The Republican ...

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