Belgium made history on Sunday as the first country in the world to allow sex workers to sign formal employment contracts — granting them access to sick days, maternity pay and pension. The new law ...

Photographer Cédric Gerbehaye has spent the past nine years working on long-term documentary projects, often in underreported regions including South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... BRUSSELS — Philippe ascended to the Belgian throne amid fanfare and festivity Sunday after his father Albert II’s abdication, vowing to prevent the break-up ...

Workers in Belgium will be able to request a four-day work week without losing salary, as the government overhauled labor practices Tuesday in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, becoming the latest ...

Belgium will ban disposable e-cigarettes from January 1, aiming to protect youth health and support the EU's goal of a tobacco-free generation by 2040 Wildly popular with young people for their ...

Belgium has voted to extend euthanasia laws to cover children. The Belgian Senate backed the plan on Friday, which means the controversial law will now cover terminally-ill children. It means Belgium ...

Location: In Western Europe, between France and the Netherlands, Belgium borders the North Sea and is about the size of Maryland. Economy: Economic growth is moderate, but Belgium has one of the ...

For such a small country, Belgium has been a major European battleground over the centuries. Occupied by Germany during both world wars, it experienced an economic boom in the post-war years to become ...

Belgium's government collapsed Tuesday, unable to resolve an enduring divide over more self-rule for the country's Dutch and French-speakers. The gap was so wide the premier suggested the end of ...