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King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium will join American veterans and international dignitaries for the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne on 14 December.
From its imposing position on the raised ground of Coudenberg and with a history dating from the 12th century, it was one of the grandest palaces in the whole of Europe.
Brussels’ iconic techno club Fuse, in business now since 1994, is donating hundreds of items of memorabilia spanning almost 30 years to the Brussels-City archives.
Archaeologists and military veterans have unearthed a unique clearance trench on the site of a former field hospital at Mont-Saint-Jean farm near Waterloo.
The first action in Brussels’ decolonisation plan took place in Cinquantenaire Park over the weekend.
“Tournai, the only Belgian city to have ever been English!”, declares the newly inaugurated banner adorning the city’s historic Henry VI
While 8 May - Victory in Europe day - is regarded as a public holiday in many other European countries, Belgium places greater significance on 11 November instead, which is the day the 1918 Armist
One of the seven marvels of Belgium – an extraordinary and rare medieval collection of gold and silver - is on show at France’s national museum dedicated to the Middle Ages in Paris.
Ahead of the 80th anniversary of the bloodiest battle for US forces in World War Two, the Belgian town of Bastogne has opened a new museum honouring the iconic moment when the Allies refused to su
