Belgium
Heroes and villains: Ivo van Hove’s heavenly and hellish work
Ivo van Hove, the Bowie collaborator
with a taste for the spectacular, returns
with a timely, bloody war epic at the
Barbican
Belgium
Belgium
“Ghost village” Aceredo makes a comeback after 30 years
It was submerged in 1922 as part of a plan to build a new reservoir. Now, after a historic drought, it returns
Belgium
Turkey celebrates as the demolition of the “world’s most ridiculous building” is ordered
The blue-and-yellow business complex will gradually come down over the next two years. The Mayor of Kahramanmaraş hopes this means the city's reputation will then go up.
Belgium
Meet the Angèle on top of the charts this Christmas
Intelligent, genuine and in control, Brussels has sprouted the future of European pop as we approach 2022.
Belgium
Sexist menu row sparks national debate in Italy
News that you might have missed from around the continent, selected by Steve Anglesey.
Belgium
Weird Europe: Convicts’ sundae service from Pope
News that you might have missed from around the continent, selected by Steve Anglesey.
Belgium
Jurgen Conings: What led ‘Belgian Rambo’ to go rogue?
The hunt for renegade soldier Jürgen Conings may have ended, but the country’s quest for answers goes on On Sunday a small-town Belgian mayor, out on a bike ride near the Dutch border, and a local hunter, did what hundreds of soldiers and police had been unable to achieve for more than a month. They found Jürgen Conings, the […]
Belgium
MONDO EUROPE: €3m Belgian castle sold for €1 after brothers’ feud
The Flemish government has spent €1 on buying a 500-year-old castle that had become derelict because of a feud between the brothers who owned it
Belgium
Boris Johnson arrives in Brussels for dinner with Ursula von der Leyen
Boris Johnson has arrived for last-ditch talks in Brussels with the European Commission’s top official aimed at breaking the deadlock in trade deal negotiations. The prime minister and Ursula von der Leyen will have dinner with their chief negotiators Michel Barnier and Lord Frost as they race against the clock to secure an agreement. Johnson […]
Belgium
Belgium PM trolls Boris Johnson with ‘Made in Europe’ tweet
The Belgian prime minister had reminded Boris Johnson that the UK’s Covid-19 vaccine was actually “Made in Europe”. Alexander De Croo trolled Johnson after he tweeted his thanks “to our NHS, to all of the scientists who worked so hard to develop this vaccine, to all the volunteers” as the UK began its roll-out of […]
Belgium
The doomed Belgian community awaiting demolition after decades under threat
The Belgian town of Doel should have been wiped off the map more than a decade ago. The threat of destruction still hangs over it, but for now street art is sustaining it. Photographer Bradley Wood went along to capture the town before it vanishes for good I first heard about the town of Doel […]