Two dexterous Walloons, Maxime Mandrake from La Louvière and Maxime Croisé from Waterloo, conjure two gold and one silver medals in magic at the World Performing Arts Championships in Los Angeles.
According to the Global Wealth Report, one of the most important reports on wealth, Belgium's median wealth, at exactly €228,594, is the highest in the whole world for the first time ever.
Perhaps on Monday morning, 17 July, many tourists looked somewhat startled when a 12-metre ladder truck of the fire brigade drove up Brussels' Grand Place.