During WW1 silk postcards and handkerchiefs were bought as souvenirs by soldiers who were serving on the Western Front. Local French and Belgian women embroidered the different motifs onto strips ...

On the eve of World War One, as German forces demanded safe passage through Belgium on their way to attack ... plays a key part in supporting them. WW1: Can the Treaty of Versailles help us ...

Monuments, meanwhile, typically pay homage to figures or events. From the memorials dotting Washington, D.C.'s National Mall to the Communist-era statues in Budapest’s Memento Park, these ...

When Yellowstone became the first national park in 1872, Belgian Pool was known as Oyster Spring. It was renamed to Belgian ...

As in other countries, the surge of interest in Great War commemoration in Belgium has taken many by surprise. Public engagement in 2014 was undeniable: exhibitions were visited, special newspaper ...

Synergrid, the federation of Belgian electricity and gas transmission and distribution system operators, will soon allow solar panels and household batteries with a plug and socket to be deployed ...

You have reached your maximum number of articles. Log in or create an account FREE of charge to continue reading. On a brutal day for Pope Francis, the king of Belgium, its prime minister and the ...

Five Endangered Cultural Monuments That Need Your Help The World Monuments Fund has released its annual watch list of architectural and heritage sites desperately in need of preservation.

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium's prime minister blasted Pope Francis for the Catholic Church's horrific legacy of clerical sex abuse and cover-ups, demanding "concrete steps" to come clean with the ...

Belgium’s top migration official on Monday criticized Hungary for threatening to send a bus convoy of migrants to Brussels in retaliation against European Union policies and suggested they would ...

Bangladesh has chosen Iqbal H. Chowdhury's “Boli ("The Wrestler") as its submission to the best international feature film ...

By Matt Shaw Plans to demolish part of a Kahn project at the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad are drawing objections from preservationists, like the World Monuments Fund. By Matt Shaw ...