CMA CGM completes acquisition of Air Belgium

ContainersEurope Air Belgium French liner CMA CGM has completed the acquisition of Air Belgium, adding four more cargo airplanes to its burgeoning airfreight division.  The company said it will retain the Air Belgium brand with the latest acquisition …

Belgium's Green Light For Red Light Workers

A police station in the historic sailors' quarter of the Belgian port of Antwerp is surrounded by sex workers' neon-lit red-light windows. The station in the Villa Tinto complex is a symbol of the push to make sex work safer in Belgium, which …

‘Millions of flies in the evidence room’: inside Belgium’s rotting Justice Palace

Turkmen event organized at KU Leuven University in Leuven, Belgium, named World Peace

A Turkmen event was organized at KU Leuven University in Leuven, Belgium, named World Peace. KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is the largest university in Belgium and is regularly cited as one of the top fifty universities worldwide. The event …

Belgium raises alarm over #SkinnyTok, anorexia fears on TikTok

The TikTok logo is displayed on signage outside TikTok social media app company offices in Culver City, California, on March 16, 2023. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP Brussels, Belgium: Belgium raised the alarm Wednesday about videos promoting extreme …

Belgium Signals Long-Term Commitment to the Great Lakes Region Amid Rising U.S. Involvement

KINSHASA – April 29, 2025, As the United States intensifies its diplomatic footprint in Central Africa, Belgium is making clear it has no intention of stepping aside. On a three-nation tour that took him to Kampala, Bujumbura and finally Kinshasa, Belgian …

Amnesty International: Reception of asylum seekers is 'disgrace to Belgium'

The handling of the reception crisis is a "disgrace to Belgium", said Wies De Graeve, director of Amnesty International Flanders, on Tuesday. He was responding to the human rights organisation's latest annual report. Amnesty International…

Belgium open to bigger role in DRC minerals sector, says foreign minister

Belgium is open to deeper involvement in Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) minerals sector, its foreign minister said on a visit to the former Belgian colony, which is seeking to diversify its investment partners. The vast Central African nation is …

Brussels Airport cancels all departing flights as Belgium workers strike  

A general strike in Belgium has seen Brussels Airport (BRU) cancel all its scheduled departing flights and warn of possible cancellations for aircraft set to arrive.  On April 29, 2025, security staff and handling service providers walked out as part of …

Private Client: Belgium

2.2. Local legislative and regulatory developments Inheritance taxes Domicile and residency. For inheritance tax purposes, an individual who has established their domicile or their seat of wealth at the time of death (the de cuius) in Belgium, is deemed a …