Sources: AP via NDTV
Two hippos at Antwerp Zoo test positive for COVID-19 in Antwerp, Belgium. 2021-12-3
Belgium reports its first case of the Omicron variant in an unvaccinated person who travelled abroad. 2021-11-26
Belgian federal and regional health ministers agree to open vaccination for teenagers aged 16 to 17 years old using Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The programme will begin once the vaccination of adults has been completed. 2021-06-5
China temporarily bans travellers arriving from many countries including Belgium, France, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom due to concerns over the growing spread of COVID-19 in those countries. 2020-11-5
A 12-year-old girl dies from COVID-19 in Belgium, becoming Europe's youngest victim to date. 2020-03-31
Suspect Salah Abdeslam and a co-defendant are convicted of attempting to murder police officers and terror offences in Belgium, with each receiving a 20-year sentence. Abdeslam is being held in France awaiting trial for the 2015 attacks. 2018-04-23
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
Today's European Union summit with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu in Brussels, Belgium, will discuss ways to stanch the flow of European-bound migrants. 2016-03-7
A train carrying toxic flammable chemicals derails and causes a major fire near the Belgian town of Wetteren, killing two and wounding forty-nine. 2013-05-4
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