The Latest Breaking News from Belgium

Thousands of children were forcibly taken from their families in Belgian colonies because they were mixed-race.

Heathland Gravel is held next August in Belgium's Limburg province

Court said five women were victims of ‘systematic kidnapping’ by state over forced removal from mothers as small children

A Brussels appeals court has ruled that the Belgian state committed a crime against humanity in the case of five mixed-race women in Cmgo who were taken away from their Black mothers in infancy

Belgium’s Court of Appeals on Monday ordered the government to pay compensation to five Congolese women who were forcibly separated from their mothers during colonial rule. The court ruled that the abductions, which happened over 70 years ago, amounted to crimes against humanity.

Belgium's groundbreaking law grants sex workers formal employment rights and benefits, setting a new standard in the industry.

The changes will also entitle sex workers to official employment contracts, health insurance, and sick leave

Belgium is granting sex workers full labor rights, including health insurance, paid leave and pensions, starting Sunday

Move by lawmakers hailed as ‘huge step forward’, ending legal discrimination against sex workers