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Enter the puckering world of sour beers through Flanders red
Welcome to Gateways To Drinkery, where The A.V. Club offers an entry-level course on our favorite libations, and some suggestions on where to start drinking them.Flanders redThe lowdown: Regarded as the most wine-like style of beer, this approachable Belgian is a great entryway into the world of sou
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Graffiti/street art Ghent-Belgium (oc)
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Trump 'complained to Belgian PM of difficulty setting up golf resorts in EU'
Donald Trump offered an insight into his approach to political life during his 30 hours in Belgium while munching “lots of” Belgian chocolates, it has been reported. Le Soir, a Belgian daily newspaper, reported that the US president acclaimed the chocolates, which were a gift from the Belgian government, during a meeting with the country’s prime minister, Charles Michel.
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UAE princesses guilty of servant abuse in Belgium
Eight princesses from the UAE have been convicted of human trafficking and degrading treatment of their servants by a Brussels court. They were given 15-month suspended jail terms and ordered to pay €165,000 (£145,000; $185,000) each, with half the sum suspended. They were accused of holding more than 20 servants they brought with them on a 2008 visit in near slavery. But they were acquitted of the more serious charge of inhumane treatment.
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Street art photography master Henrik Haven boarded The Crystal Ship in Ostend.
The Crystal Ship, a contemporary art festival which encouraged artists to adorn the walls of this town.
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Germans in Aachen get free iodine amid Belgium nuclear fears
The city of Aachen issues free iodine pills because of nearby Belgium's ageing nuclear reactors.
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NSFW Shocking footage inside a bovine abattoir in Belgium.
Animal Rights Belgium has been conducting an undercover investigation inside a bovine abattoir. The footage reveals shocking animal suffering.
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German WWI submarine discovered off Belgian coast
Authorities in Flanders called it the "best preserved" find from the era. The bodies of all 23 crew members were found aboard the vessel, in a watery grave on the floor of the North Sea. Belgian authorities announced on Tuesday that they had discovered the remarkably well-preserved wreck of a World War I German submarine, commonly called a U-boat, off the coast of West Flanders.
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Hasselt surgeon performs world first in keyhole valve replacement.
Heart surgeon Alaaddin Yilmaz has developed a technique for performing valve replacement surgery using tiny incisions, a world premiere. The procedure offers not only a major savings in costs associated with open heart surgery but also vastly improves the recovery period and the risk of complications.
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Catalonia's ousted president just fled the country
Ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has left Spain and travelled to Brussels, Spanish government officials have said. Mr Puigdemont is facing sedition charges from the Spanish government after Catalonia declared independence under his leadership. The move comes after Belgium's asylum and migration affairs minister Theo Francken said the former president could seek asylum in the country.
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Catalonia's ex-president Puigdemont: I'm not in Belgium to seek asylum
Catalonia’s ousted president, Carles Puigdemont, has said he came to Belgium to act “in freedom and safety”, but not to seek political asylum. Speaking at packed press conference in Brussels, Puigdemont said he would return home immediately if a fair judicial process was guaranteed. On Monday, Spain’s attorney general called for charges of rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds to be brought against him and 13 other separatist leaders. That request showed “a desire, not for justice, but for vengeance”, Puigdemont said.
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Ex-Catalan leader hands himself in to police
Catalonia's deposed leader Carles Puigdemont and four former advisers have turned themselves in to Belgian police, says a prosecutors' spokesman. He said an investigating judge would decide by Monday morning whether to execute an EU arrest warrant issued by a Spanish judge on Friday. Mr Puigdemont fled to Belgium after Madrid imposed direct rule on Catalonia following an independence referendum.
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Travels in Belgium, the dysfunctional, fractured state at the heart of the EU
Donald Trump called Belgium a “beautiful city.” One British prime minister said that it was “not even a country.” By Matthew Engel.
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The land of delicious chocolate (Belgium) moves to ban 'Star Wars Battlefront 2'-style loot boxes
We learned last week that Belgium's gambling authority was investigating loot crates in Star Wars Battlefront II over concerns that they constitute gambling. Now, the decision is in, and the answer is a resounding yes, according to Dutch-language publication VTM Nieuws. The commission claims that purchasable add-on boxes, the contents of which are randomized, mix "money and addiction" and thus are a form of gambling.
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Belgian artist rescued from installation representing 'inescapable burden of history'
Man chained to block of marble had to be cut free after he failed to liberate himself by chiselling away at the stone
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Belgian prince says move to cut his £264,000 allowance violates his human rights
A scandal-prone Belgian prince has said the government’s proposal to cut his £264,000 allowance is a ‘violation of human rights’. Prince Laurent, the younger brother to King Philippe, caused a huge diplomatic incident when he made an appearance at a Chinese state celebration of the Red Army’s 90th anniversary earlier this year.
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Building collapses in Antwerp explosion
A blast has brought down a residential building in the Belgian city of Antwerp, injuring several people. The origin of the explosion on the central street of Paardenmarkt is not clear. But police said they did not believe it was related to terrorism. Three people have been removed from the rubble, including a child, police say. Three other buildings were also damaged in Monday evening's explosion.
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Wild wolf found in Belgium for first time in more than 100 years
A wild wolf has been found in the northern Belgian region of Flanders for the first time in more than a century, an environmental group said Saturday. The female wolf known as Naya came from eastern Germany after being fitted with a tracking device in Dresden. "Our country was the only one in continental Europe to have not been visited by a wolf," since the animal began recolonising the continent, Landschap said.
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World's first electric container barges to sail from European ports this summer
The world’s first fully electric, emission-free and potentially crewless container barges are to operate from the ports of Antwerp, Amsterdam, and Rotterdam from this summer. The vessels, designed to fit beneath bridges as they transport their goods around the inland waterways of Belgium and the Netherlands, are expected to vastly reduce the use of diesel-powered trucks for moving freight.
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85 cool and unusual things to do in Belgium.
Discover 85 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Belgium from The Blue Forest to Vlindertuin.
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