Belgian and European leaders have reacted to the news of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union. Flemish minister-president Geert Bourgeois stressed the need for a negotiated agreement with the British – what he called a “soft Brexit”. “Of course I deplore the outcome of the referendum to...

VLM Airlines, which operates mainly out of Antwerp Airport in Deurne, has applied for bankruptcy and fired all of its 160 staff. The decision was taken by the administrators appointed to bring the company to a close. All flights are cancelled. The decision follows a filing at the end of May by the...

Several public transport providers in Belgium are warning passengers to expect disruption and delays on Friday due to the socialist trade union FGTB-ABVV's planned national strike. The Brussels public transport company STIB expects 'serious disruption' to its services, while railway company SNCB...

According to the 2016 World Wealth Report by Capgemini Consulting, the number of millionaires living in Belgium increased by more than 6.5% last year to 108,800. Belgium's wealthiest differ from their millionaire counterparts in other European countries in that they carry a relatively large amount...

Hundreds of people gathered at the Ancienne Belgique on Wednesday evening to pay tribute to the murdered British member of parliament Jo Cox, a strong campaigner for human rights who spent six years working here in Brussels. The commemoration of her life and work was a global initiative, on the day...

On 22 June, three month to the day after the bombings in Zaventem and Brussels, 11 foreign and international chambers of commerce – united since February under the Twitter banner #Yes2Belgium – hosted prime minister Charles Michel and a panel discussion at Brussels’ Steigenberger Wiltcher’s Hotel...

A late goal by Radja Nainggolan earned Belgium a 1-0 victory over Sweden on Wednesday night, and a second round tie against Hungary. The winning goal arrived in the 84th minute, as Nainggolan let a 25-yard shot rip. It took a slight redirect and crept inside the far post, securing the three points...

About 300 people on Wednesday gathered in the centre of Brussels to commemorate the murdered British politician Jo Cox, the police reported. The initiative came from the Belgian friends and former colleagues of Cox, who would have turned 42 years old today. She was killed last Thursday near Leeds...

Sipping his morning coffee in the Barbeton cafe just across the canal from Molenbeek, Barry Sandland makes no claim that he’s on a crusade to clean up his neighbourhood. “I ride a bicycle and I don’t have a car, but I’m not rabid,” says the 50-something Canadian who moved to Belgium from Toronto in...

Newcomers to Brussels are often perplexed by the Ommegang, which this year takes place on 5 and 7 July. They wonder: what is it exactly? It is a convergence of traditions that can't be explained in just a couple of words. First of all, Ommegang means walkabout and it is an old religious tradition...