Facing a surge in violence with 65 shootings recorded this year alone, Brussels authorities have deployed soldiers to reclaim neighborhoods controlled by drug gangs.

The deployment of 45 soldiers to reinforce railway police in Brussels' stations and metro faces legal ambiguity, contested salaries, and limited missions, turning the security measure into a complex issue.

Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken announced that the deployment of military personnel in the streets will commence on Monday, following a plenary session of the Chamber.

The municipality of Eindhoven and the Dutch Ministry of Defense have issued apologies for the handling of the aftermath of the Hercules disaster, which occurred 30 years ago when a Belgian military transport plane crashed at Eindhoven Air Base.

A Belgian military union, SLFP-Défense, plans to challenge the government's pension reform, which raises the retirement age for military personnel from 56 to 67, before the Constitutional Court, deeming it unconstitutional.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has responded to the seizure by Belgian military forces of an oil tanker belonging to Russia's "shadow fleet."

Belgian military forces have been deployed in major cities to bolster security for Jewish communities following a series of antisemitic attacks in Belgium and the Netherlands.