Pascel Smet steps down as top diplomat for Brussels Region state, saying taxpayers should not have funded trips; Hadja Lahbib urged to follow suit for granting visas to visitors

New 7-party coalition 'will try to shut down all little dialogue left between both countries,' one Brussels resident warns

Michael Freilich, Belgium's only Orthodox lawmaker, says fewer than 50 of 6,000 participants presented anti-Jewish displays, compares Aalst procession to Israeli Purim parades

Prosecutors say national soccer association's three-year ban against 4 accused supporters entering any major stadium is enough; Jewish federal lawmaker warns decision 'a bad sign'

Michael Freilich has vowed to work in parliament to reverse a de facto ban on producing halal and kosher meat in much of the country