Belgium gets ready to return to the polls in local elections across the country on 13 October
The country’s keenly-awaited municipal and provincial elections are fast approaching and a final push to get people out to vote includes a series of English-language debates in key Brussels communes.
Just over 15% of foreign residents are registered to vote in local elections on 13 October
A little over 15% of foreign nationals in Belgium have registered to vote in the municipal elections on 13 October, according to the country’s FPS home affairs office.
Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont returns to Belgium
Catalan independence leader Carles Puigdemont is back in the Belgian residence he uses during his self-imposed exile in Waterloo.
Zelensky in Brussels: Belgium signs security agreement with Ukraine
Belgian prime minister Alexander De Croo and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky have signed a 10-year bilateral security agreement during a visit by Zelensky to Brussels this week.
Belgian broadcasters embark on fact-checking mission ahead of elections
Belgium’s Dutch-language broadcaster VRT and French-language broadcaster RTBF are joining forces for a face-checking mission ahead of the upcoming elections.
Expat Q&A: Municipal elections 2024 – Why you should vote
October 2024 brings another chance for International Brusselers to elect their representatives
Animal wellbeing to be enshrined in Belgian constitution
Animals will soon be legally recognised as “sentient beings” in Belgium – giving them de facto more protection – following the Belgian Senate’s unanimous approval of a proposal enshrining animal wellbeing in the Belgian constitution, the text first created on 7 February 1831, when Belgium became a federal state.
