According to recent figures from the World Health Organization (WHO), one in six Belgian youth is overweight, a relatively low number compared with other European countries. Remarkably, however, about half of the girls in Belgium believe they are too fat, while often they are not, writes the health...

British documentary maker Louis Theroux will be in Kinepolis Leuven on 29 April to introduce the Belgian premiere of feature documentary, My Scientology Movie. Other highlights from the programme of Flanders’ annual documentary film festival Docville include Finders Keepers, the barely believable...

Antwerp’s mostly English-language Live Comedy Festival is back with an impressive range of international star stand-ups - and a handful of gigs in Brussels too. Performances this year include the UK’s Jimmy Carr, American Reginald D Hunter, and Flanders’ own Jeroen Leenders – all of whom appeared...

Brussels Airport has reopened its restored departure hall for the next few days to give people who work at the airport and victims and survivors of the 22 March attacks the opportunity to visit the hall before it reopens to the public in May. Victims and survivors of the attacks of 22 March are...

Terror suspect Salah Abdeslam was discreetly transferred from Belgium to France early Wednesday morning, write various Belgian and international media. There was no communication from official sources on Abdeslam's extradition in order to minimise the risk of a possible escape. Abdeslam is now in...

Insurance companies in Belgium are increasingly likely to refuse to recognise workplace accident claims, writes La Libre Belgique based on a report submitted to the Fund for Occupational Accidents (FAO). In 2014, 161,829 work-related accidents were reported in Belgium, 12.3% of which were denied by...

Federal consumer protection minister Kris Peeters has praised a decision by Atos Worldline – the company that processes electronic point-of-sale payments such as are made with Bancontact – to cut the prices it charges retailers. The changes affect purchases under €10 made with Bancontact or other...

The security perimeter around Brussels Airport is so large that the strict security measures currently in force cannot be maintained for much longer, according to federal home affairs minister Jan Jambon. Following the terrorist attacks at the airport last month, all arriving vehicles must pass...

Belgian wine production increased by more than half between 2014 and 2015. In 2014, the country produced 600,000 litres of wine, and in 2015 production passed the 1 million litre mark, reports Het Belang van Limburg based on figures from the FPS Economy and the Flemish Department of Agriculture and...

The number of start-ups in Belgium last year reached a record high, according to Datanews. The increase is concentrated in the Flemish region. The figures were presented on Monday during the annual Starters Atlas set up by employer organisations UNIZO and UCM and trade information office Graydon...