The 84 years old reluctant patient is an exceptional person. His name is Eduardo Matarazzo Suplicy. Through his mother, he is one of the many descendants of Count Francesco Matarazzo, an Italian ...

From Monday 15 September (today), new rules are coming into force for non-EU students wishing to renew their residence permit in Belgium. A residence authorisation, and afterwards a residence permit, ...

A stockpile of contraceptives stored in a warehouse in the Flemish municipality of Geel has reportedly been destroyed by the American development aid agency USAID, on the orders of the White House.

Despite government efforts to protect consumers from "unfriendly" at best and "illegal" at worst payment practices at Belgium's many music festivals, not much improvement was made compared to last ...

Tintin has lost one of its leading experts. Belgian author Philippe Goddin, who was president of the Les Amis de Hergé association and had an encyclopaedic knowledge of the work of Tintin's creator, ...

It is a popular custom for friends to gather at a local café on lazy Sunday afternoons to discuss the latest happenings while sipping beer and snacking dark bread with a spread of fresh cheese and ...

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Energy consumption by Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rising rapidly: AI is predicted to consume twice as much energy as the whole of France by 2030, according to some calculations. Not only does AI ...

Machetes, clubs, pickaxes and spears. These were the weapons used by Rwandans as they slaughtered their fellow countrymen during the 1994 genocide. They were used against colleagues, neighbours, ...

Police are still searching for the gunmen following the early morning shooting at a Brussels Metro station on Wednesday. The incident had a major impact on public transport for a large part of the day ...

Belgium's politics is famously complicated, and people can often no longer see the forest for the trees. Therefore, The Brussels Times will provide an overview of the different political parties, how ...