Ethiopian-born beauty wins Miss Belgium 2021
And this year’s Miss Belgium is… (drum roll, please)… Kedist Deltour, a 23-year-old hairdresser from Nazareth, East Flanders. Ms. Deltour
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The “chicon” is now on the Brussels list of intangible cultural heritage
Once upon a time in the early 19th century, a farmer from Schaerbeek named Jan Lammers left some chicory roots
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Belgium toughens lockdown measures to combat new Covid-19 surge
Lockdown measures will get even tighter in Belgium as the government takes necessary action to curb the rising number of
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World Puppetry Day: 8 celebrity puppets that made many Belgians happy
Who was your childhood puppet? Can you still remember the theme song of your favorite kiddie show? Today gives us
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Folon Exhibit at Villers Abbey: sculpture and architecture in one poetic journey
If Jean-Michel Folon were still alive, he would have been gratified to see his sculptures nestled among the remains of
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20 Belgian exploits that scored a world record
Belgium may not be your flashy, fancy kind of country. But if you think it’s drab, boy are you in
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Meet 7 modern heroines of Belgian comics
Before the 1940s, male characters were the masters of the world of comics. Women were usually relegated to one of
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How to spot Belgian surrealism when it’s hiding in plain sight
“Scratch a Belgian and you will find a Surrealist,” wrote British travel writer Antony Mason in his book, Xenophobe’s guide
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Belgian PM Alexander De Croo vows to “leave no one behind” in efforts to make vaccines available worldwide
Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo vowed to step up Belgium’s efforts to make vaccines available to the world, “not
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The Belgian masterpiece that became the most stolen work of art in history
In 1432, Flemish painter Jan van Eyck applied the finishing strokes on a painting that he began six years earlier
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