Sources: AP via NDTV
Belgian incumbent Foreign Minister and former Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès is admitted to an intensive care unit nearly a week after testing positive for COVID-19. 2020-10-22
Belgium's foreign ministry banned travel to Paris amid concerns over a possible resurgence of cases in the French capital. Belgians are being advised to avoid visiting Paris unless travellers agree to take a COVID-19 test or undergo a period of self-isolation on their return. 2020-08-26
Denmark's parliament votes 75–30 to ban garments that cover the face, which includes Islamic veils such as the niqāb and burqa. Those violating the law risk a fine of 1,000 kroner. Similar bans already exist in Austria, Belgium and France. 2018-05-31
A Spanish government source says that Carles Puigdemont and part of his cabinet has fled to Belgium to escape prosecution. International media agree the situation in Catalonia—under direct Spanish rule—is quiet. 2017-10-30
One person is killed and 20 are injured when a passenger train derails near Leuven, Belgium. 2017-02-18
A local doctor in Belgium grants euthanasia to a terminally-ill minor, marking the first case of such procedure performed since the 2014 removal of age restrictions. 2016-09-17
Due to dehydration and exhaustion, Beyoncé cancels night one of what was to be two consecutive nights performing in Antwerp, Belgium, on the Mrs. Carter Show World Tour; reschedules it to May 31, 2013.2013-05-14
Flooding in southeastern Belgium kills three people and leaves one person missing near the capital Brussels. 2010-11-14
The Catholic Church admits that during a meeting in April Godfried Danneels, the retired Catholic leader in Belgium, advised a person who had experienced abuse to remain silent until his abuser Roger Vangheluwe, the Bishop of Bruges, retired. 2010-08-29
Nine people go on trial charged with terrorism and links to al-Qaeda in Belgium. 2010-03-8