By Martin Banks This year’s Belgian Poppy Appeal in Belgium will be launched in Antwerp on 17 October. The appeal will take place from 10am-4pm on the Meir in Antwerp, near the statue De Hand. Three Belgian branches, Antwerp, Brussels and Ypres, are coming together to join forces for this year’s Poppy Appeal launch. The […]
By Martin Banks A leading Belgian animal park has just welcomed a new arrival: Kali the giraffe.
By Martin Banks EU support to help tackle major fires in Belgium and Spain
By Martin Banks A retired telecoms worker from Belgium is among those behind an innovative smartphone app that aims to keep you fit and discover “hidden gems” all over the world. Philippe Pleckspaen helped launch “Jooks”, an application that helps you navigate your way around a locality, spotlighting places of interest. The idea is that […]
By Martin Banks It is easily Belgium’s most popular tourist attraction … and has just got even better.
According to the chairman of the liberal-conservative MR party, the government intends to offset the new toll by lowering other taxes for Belgians.
Never mind about the football World Cup… Belgium has crowned two champions already.
It isn’t for nothing that Belgium is, historically, known as the “battlefield of Europe” and a solemn and moving event this weekend highlights the shared sacrifices of the tens of thousands of war dead buried in Belgian soil.
By Martin Banks Belgium’s wine growing sector is blooming, says Marc Declerck, of the leading wine and restaurant guide Gault & Millau. He was speaking to this site at the launch of the fourth edition of the highly respected Gault & Millau Belgian wine guide. Awards were also presented to those Belgian wine growers who […]
By Martin Banks There’s more to life in the military than you might think. One of the less well publicised aspects of a career in the armed forces is the constant moving around it may involve. That is where a military choir really can come into its own…a lifeline for women who have had to […]
