Europe Belgium The Belgian federal government is launching a new awareness-raising campaign to urge citizens to get a free box of iodine tablets to keep in their homes, especially those living within 20 kilometres of a nuclear plant
Europe Belgium Singer and actress Pommelien Thijs, currently one of the biggest pop stars in Flanders with massive hits like "Per Ongeluk", adds to the list of stars that are almost unknown in the rest of Belgium, like Camille, Natalia and Selah Sue
Europe Belgium One of Belgium’s most promising cyclists for a generation, Jilke Michielsen, has tragically died at 19 due to terminal bone cancer; the cycling world mourned the loss of the talented cyclist, who had become a teenage sensation thanks to her successes
Europe Belgium Floralia Brussels, the flower festival at its 23rd edition, has opened in Château de Grand-Bigard to showcase a garden with more than one million tulips of 400 varieties and an array of spring flowers
Europe Belgium The Brussels citizens’ collective '40 Comités' in an open letter called on the Capital Region's new Minister-President to tackle insecurity and cleanliness, and to further step up the fight against poverty and homelessness