Belgium's heir to the throne Princess Elisabeth has entered the country’s Royal Military Academy for a year of studies. The young Royal, who was previously studying at UWC Atlantic College in Wales, will follow the first year of the course, in the Dutch-speaking linguistic role, as part of the 160th…
A 43-year-old Belgian woman has died when two sailing boats crashed into each other off the British tourist hotspot of Ibiza in the Balearic Islands. The incident took place near the islet of Castavi between the islands of Ibiza and Formentera in the Spanish Balearic Islands at around 1pm on…
A farmer in Belgium is using a GPS collar on his Aberdeen-Angus cattle that allows him to establish a ‘digital fence’ area and zap the animals with a mild shock should they stray too far. Robin Mens, from Stotert near the hamlet of Olmen in the Belgian municipality of Balen,…
A new study has found that more elderly people in Belgium are having suicidal thoughts or are considering euthanasia since the COVID-19 pandemic because they are afraid of facing isolation again. The demand for euthanasia among residents of residential care homes has risen since the pandemic and more OAPs are…
This Hitler ‘fanatic’ who surrounded his home in Swastikas, Third Reich flags and anti-Semitic messages has been sentenced to one year in prison. Georges Boeckstaens, 77, was sentenced to one year in prison for breaking Belgian’s Holocaust denial law by a court in the city of Leuven in the Flemish…
