Tag Archives : Belgium

Police patrolling the red-light district of the Belgian capital have been ordered to stop visiting brothels and drinking in bars when on duty. A letter sent to officers in Brussels’ northern police district, and published in a Belgian daily Tuesday, urged them to set a good example and earn the [...]

A Belgian postman who lightened his mailbag by holding back thousands of letters and packages at home for up to five years now faces dismissal. “What was strange in this case was that he kept them all in his flat and that, while he opened a lot, he appears to have left the contents in the envelopes,” [...]

Hundreds of Belgians renewed wedding vows on Wednesday in a mass protest against racism in a town where three couples had refused to be married by a black registrar. “We are ashamed that some people in Sint-Niklaas refused to be married by a black registrar … It’s not in keeping with [...]