Belgium's minister of consumer affairs and work, Kris Peeters, has refused permission for the very first Mini Miss Belgium to take place on 21 July, calling the pageant "child labour” and, moreover, “inappropriate”. The social inspection agrees with minister Peeters, write Het Nieuwsblad and De...

About 18% of Belgian drivers admit to getting behind the wheel drunk at least once in the past month, according to a comparative study of 17 European countries. Belgium ranks at the bottom of the list, according to the study, which shows that only the French drive drunk more often. The European...

As a result of the continued raised terror alert level across Belgium, Brussels public transport company STIB has announced the temporary closure of some of the metro entrances. The metro itself will continue service as usual, writes Bruzz. STIB on Saturday limited the number of access points to...

Police have broken up a new terrorist cell who were planning an attack in Brussels, thought to be aimed at crowds watching the European Championship football matches. Among the men arrested are two relatives of the Bakraoui brothers, who were responsible for the suicide bombings at Brussels Airport...

Romelu Lukaku scored twice as Belgium cruised to an easy 3-0 victory over Ireland in Bordeaux, boosting their chances of making the second round of Euro 2016. The Everton forward opened the scoring three minutes after half-time when he steered the ball into the net after Kevin De Bruyne had broken...

Flanders’ tourism minister, Ben Weyts, was at Brussels Airport on Sunday to launch a campaign aimed at attracting tourists back to the region following the terrorist attacks earlier this year. The #shareoursmile campaign sets out to “shine a spotlight on our generous hospitality”, Weyts said. “We...

Unionized workers in Belgium last year were on strike for a total of 207,563 days, three times fewer days than in 2014 when there was a record number of 760,297 strike days recorded, report De Tijd and L'Echo based on figures from the National Social Security Office. The excessively high number of...

The threat of a rail strike this week was averted as unions and the rail authority SNCB reached an agreement on the issue of credit days. Unions had previously issued the intention to begin a week-long strike on Sunday evening. The last-ditch effort to find a compromise took two days of...

Employees of baggage handler Swissport stopped working at 5.00 this morning at Brussels Airport, write various Belgian media. According to the airport operator, the action is causing delays for the airlines that work with Swissport, and some of the flights are departing without luggage. A first...

Belgium's minister of development co-operation, Alexander De Croo, has pledged an additional €19 million to the international organisation Global Fund to help in the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, he said during the 10th edition of the European Development Days which took place in...