Articles
Belgium Says 31 Detained in $50m Diamond Heist
(BRUSSELS) -- Police carried out a series of raids in Belgium and detained 31 people in three countries in connection with a spectacular $50 million diamond...
Google to Invest $390 million in Data Center in Belgium
(BRUSSELS) — Internet search giant Google says it is investing 300 million euros ($390 million) to expand its continental European data center. Google Inc. said...
Chocolate Love: Belgium’s New Stamps Taste Like Confection When Licked
The love of Belgium chocolate travels far and wide.
C’est It Ain’t So Gégé: French Actor Depardieu Reportedly Seeks Tax Refuge In Belgium
Larger -- and messier -- than life actor Gérard Depardieu has reportedly moved to Belgium to avoid paying French taxes, which risks turning the movie hero into a...
Belgian Waffling: Who Needs Government, Anyway?
Belgium has notched up some eclectic world records over the past year. Last April, the heaviest cheese sculpture — made with 2,330 lb. (1,059 kg) of Gouda —...
Photo Essays
Winston Churchill at Leisure: LIFE Portraits of the Private Man
On May 10, 1940, as Hitler’s Germany was invading Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg, the British Conservative leader Winston Churchill took the reins of a...
LIFE at the Battle of the Bulge: Photos From Hitler’s Last Gamble
From mid-December 1944 through the end of January 1945, in the heavily forested Ardennes Mountains of Belgium, thousands of American, British, Canadian, Belgian...
