Locals of Tenneville, about 150kms south of Brussels joined with a small invited delegation from Meath to unveil the restored memorial which now has most of the Latin inscription translated in both English and Irish.

Firefighters in Brussels are setting the streets alight in a protest over their salary.

Belgium are currently the number one ranked side in world football, overtaking superpowers like Brazil who they eliminated from last year’s World Cup. Simply put, no country per capita is remotely producing as many top footballers as they are. So what’s their secret?

Colin O’Brien says that his young Irish players are fully focused on tomorrow evening’s deciding Group A game against Belgium in Tallaght.

No former Nazi SS soldiers are receiving disability pensions in Belgium, German authorities have said, responding to concerns raised by politicians there.

A national strike to demand higher pay has paralysed airports, sea ports and rail traffic in Belgium, while hundreds of factories are shut down for the day.

Electronic Arts have announced it is removing FIFA points in Belguim effective January 31, following "discussions with Belgian authorities".

Thousands of students in Belgium have skipped school for the third week in a row and more than 30,000 swamped the centre of Brussels to demand better protection of the world's climate.

This follows similar agreements signed over the past week with pilot unions SEPLA in Spain, SPAC in Portugal and BALPA in the UK, covering all of Ryanair’s directly employed Spanish, Portuguese and UK Pilots.

Two Cork players were key to the historic breakthrough wins for Warsaw and Amsterdam at the Croke Park European Football Finals in Maastricht which took place at the weekend.

Former French international player Thierry Henry took on his former team as an assistant coach for Belgium last night at the World Cup semi-final.

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Blaise Matuidi is set to be restored to the France midfield for this evening's World Cup semi-final with Belgium.

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Belgium produced a stunning performance to claim a place in the World Cup semi-finals with a 2-1 win over five-times champions Brazil in Kazan.

Belgium defender Vincent Kompany’s combative remarks in the leadup to today’s quarter-final blockbuster were a “provocation” intended to hide his “fear”, Brazil centre back Miranda has said.

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Five stunning goals.

Four mouth-watering ties to look forward to.

Gracious in defeat or what?

Belgium coach Roberto Martinez has apologised to journalists for making their lives harder by putting an end to the dramas and in-fighting that have characterised Belgian squads in the past.

The Liege killings are being considered "terrorist murders", a Belgian federal magistrate said.

Latest:The motive of the attacker who left three people dead in Liege was to target the police, the Belgian city's police chief has said.

World Rugby has commissioned an independent disputes committee to review the controversial end to Europe's World Cup qualification period.

The Belgian football federation has said it will not change its mind about choosing a rapper known for lacing his songs with obscene and misogynistic lyrics to produce its official World Cup song.

Latest: Belgian police sealed off part of a Brussels suburb on Thursday and searched two apartments, warning residents to stay inside following witness reports that an armed man could be at large.

Irish agri-services group Origin Enterprises’ entry into the Belgian fertiliser market is being viewed as a potential acquisition platform for its further expansion into continental Europe.

Catalonia’s new parliament has convened amid looming questions about the role fugitive and jailed politicians will play in the chamber’s separatist majority as well as the future regional government.

An intact German First World War submarine containing the bodies of 23 people has been found off the coast of Belgium, authorities said.