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The death toll of a coronavirus outbreak in a care home linked to a Father Christmas party for the elderly last month has reached 27. The Mol care centre in northern Belgium had organised a December 4 visit of the beloved figure who usually spreads mirth and presents, but there is a possibility the actor … Read more
The once secret princess of Belgium has met former king Albert for the first time since her legal battle to be accepted as his daughter. A photograph released by the palace today shows Princess Delphine de Saxe-Cobourg sitting socially-distanced alongside Albert II and his wife Queen Paola in their home Castle Belvédère in Laeken on … Read more
Belgian foreign minister Sophie Wilmes, 45, is in intensive care with coronavirus after leading the country through the first six month of the pandemic as PM Sophie Wilmes, who was PM until 3 weeks ago, has been taken to intensive care She announced on Saturday that she had tested positive for coronavirus Wilmes led the … Read more
The first transgender politician to reach high office in Belgium has been attacked online by a far-right politician just days after she was appointed. Vice Premier Petra De Sutter, 57, of the Green Party was sworn in as part of a new government on Saturday, posting on social media that she was ‘proud that in … Read more
Belgium’s newest princess has spoken out for the first time after a court officially recognised her as the love child of the country’s former king, Albert II. Delphine de Saxe-Cobourg Gotha, who previously went under the surname Boel, was overcome by emotion as she addressed reporters in Brussels on Monday, four days after a judge’s … Read more
The love child of Belgium’s former King Albert II has revealed why she outed the royal as her father, insisting she would have done so regardless of his status. Artist Delphine Boel, 52, won a seven-year legal battle in January, which resulted in Albert, 86, admitting he was her biological father after submitting to a court-ordered DNA test … Read more
Belgium’s King Philippe expressed his ‘deepest regrets’ on Tuesday for the harm done during Belgian colonial rule in DR Congo, in a first for his country. Philippe made his remarks in a letter to the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, on the 60th anniversary of Congo’s independence on June 30, 1960. … Read more
Is this Belgium’s ‘Crazy Brabant killer’ who massacred 28 people in supermarkets? Hunt for menacing man holding a shotgun 40 years after killings ‘Crazy Brabant Killers’ massacred 28 shoppers outside supermarkets in Brussels Investigators are ‘starting from scratch’ after reopening the case two years ago Suspect’s image was given to police in 1986 but they … Read more
Activists have removed a statue of Belgium’s King Leopold II in Brussels – days after another one was taken down in Antwerp due to anti-racism vandalism. The figure was removed from its plinth during Thursday night, Belgian broadcaster RTBF reported, leaving an empty stand in the Auderghem neighbourhood on Friday. Photos show the separated bust on the floor … Read more
Activists have removed a statue of Belgium’s King Leopold II in Brussels – days after another one was taken down in Antwerp due to anti-racism vandalism. The figure vanished from its plinth during Thursday night, Belgian broadcaster RTBF reported, leaving an empty stand in the Auderghem neighbourhood on Friday. Leopold owned the Belgian Congo as his … Read more