Sources: Xinhua
A norovirus outbreak with a large number of ill passengers is reported on the MS Iona cruise ship in Belgium. 2025-02-21
A person is killed as a fourth shooting takes place in Brussels, Belgium, within a few days. The murder is related to the other three non-fatal shootings. As a result, the six separate police zones in Brussels will start working under one command. 2025-02-7
Belgium withdraws from the Mixed relay triathlon event after triathlete Claire Michel becomes ill days after she swam in the Seine river during the women's triathlon event. 2024-08-5
Two hippos at Antwerp Zoo test positive for COVID-19 in Antwerp, Belgium. 2021-12-3
A number of European countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, France and Ireland, condemn the recently passed anti-LGBTQ+ bill in Hungary which bans the "display and promotion of homosexuality" among under-18s as "grotesque". Luxembourg says that the bill violates human rights and along with Belgium says that the bill is a "flagrant form of discrimination". 2021-06-22
The Carnival of Aalst in Belgium goes ahead despite UNESCO withdrawing its recognition of the event as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity because of Jewish caricatures. 2020-02-23
Police in Brussels, Belgium arrest multiple right-wing and anti-racist protesters, with riot squads engaged in a tense confrontation with local youths in the district of Sint-Jans-Molenbeek. A standoff grew when far-right protesters faced a counter-demonstration, despite protests being banned by local authorities who were fearful of last Sunday's event, in which police forcefully dispersed a right-wing protest with water cannons. 2016-04-2
Belgium ruled itself out as a candidate to host the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile and said it would prefer the arsenal to be eradicated close to Syria itself. 2013-11-18
Belgium's King Albert accepts the resignation of Prime Minister Yves Leterme, ending his government's term and leading to early elections in June 2010. 2010-04-26
Nine people go on trial charged with terrorism and links to al-Qaeda in Belgium. 2010-03-8