Convincing well-heeled travellers of that fact is the goal of Botanic Sanctuary Antwerp. This stunning hotel unfolds across a mammoth plot in the centre of town, built within the walls of a monastery ...

ANTWERP, Belgium — Known for its diamond and fashion industries, Antwerp is as hip as Bruges of recent film fame is quaint, but coolness comes at a price. Twenty-dollar salads and $15 cocktails ...

ANTWERP, Belgium - It could have been a scene from a James Bond movie. Two shiny black limousines crept down the narrow street. Then came a monster white armored truck, followed by a smaller ...

ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) - Antwerp has long been known as the world's greatest diamond city. Now it has a new museum to go with a vibrant diamond trading scene that goes back six centuries. The DIVA ...

ANTWERP, Belgium — Diamonds may still be a girl's best friend — but banks are becoming less keen. That's the growing concern for Antwerp’s diamond traders, who are warning that banks risk hurting ...

Diamonds make up 5% of Belgium’s exports, and generate about 30,000 jobs in Antwerp, which helps explain—along with some reported industry lobbying—why, after some initial exploratory ...

ANTWERP, Belgium (Reuters) - Only a few weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Antwerp-based diamond dealer Thierry Tugendhaft started receiving calls from big jewellers in Paris ...

Since the late 1990s, Belgium’s diamond industry has been linked to civil war, armed struggle and corruption across Africa. The world’s first-ever trial against a smuggler of “blood diamonds” from ...

ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Antwerp has long been known as the world's greatest diamond city. Now it has a new museum to go with a vibrant diamond trading scene that goes back six centuries. The DIVA ...