Local elections held on 13 October saw lukewarm participation and delivered results that partially deceived predictions, with far- and centre-right less successful than expected; experts commented that the so-called 'blue wave' found a 'red wall'

Concerns regarding sperm donations have reignited in Belgium following news that 53 children, in 39 families, were conceived using sperm with a genetic abnormality from the same donor, a Danish man

A wildfire in the High Fens nature reserve started on 14 August destroyed 3000 hectares out of 4500; 50 houses in Waimes and Bütgenbach, a vacation hot-spot, were evacuated

A new regional park tailored to the local neighbourhood will be created along the railway line leading to Brussels-Midi station in Forest, just by the Wiels contemporary art museum and will be a green regeneration of the heavily built Midi quarter

Flanders approved the use of self-driving Tesla vehicles on its roads, despite the Flemish administration's doubts about the readiness of the system and the fact that the decision impacts the whole Belgian