The digital condolence register that was placed online after the March terror attacks in Brussels has been signed by nearly 4,000 people. The majority of the people who visited the site to express their sympathy are foreigners, says Didier Vanderhasselt, the spokesperson for foreign affairs. There...

After weeks of discussion, the federal government has reached an agreement on its budget for 2016. The main groups affected are civil servants, drivers of diesel vehicles and smokers. The negotiations started with a deficit of €2.2 billion to fill. The costs of security following the Paris attacks...

The excise duties on all tobacco will increase, treatments to quit smoking will become cheaper and smoking in a car in the presence of children will be illegal. These are three important measures included in the government’s new anti-smoking plan proposed by federal health minister Maggie De Block...

Belgian businesses are paying between 16% and 40% more for electricity than the average price in neighbouring countries. This creates a competition handicap of some €400 million a year, according to a study carried out by Deloitte for Febeliec, the federation of industrial energy consumers...

American food conglomerate Mondelēz International will scrap 82 jobs in Belgium, mostly at its headquarters in Mechelen where 296 people work, the company announced on Monday. Mondelēz International, one of the world's largest snack companies, is known for brands like Côte d'Or, Lu, Milka, TUC,...

While ambassadors on foreign trade missions never fail to mention Belgium's rich variety of beer, chips and chocolate, these delicacies are in fact not the country's main export products, writes Het Nieuwsblad . According to the foreign trade agency, Belgium remains mainly an exporter of services...

Traffic on its way to Brussels National Airport has been backed up to the Brussels Ring Road since early hours of Monday morning. Many travellers are getting out of their cars to walk in order to catch their plane on time. Traffic began queuing up around 6.30 this morning on the A201, the link...

CyCLO, the social economy enterprise for the promotion of cycling in Brussels, last year repaired 16,195 bicycles, about 1,000 more than in 2014, writes Brusselnieuws. CyCLO has eight bike service centres located across the capital. The service centres provide work for 52 employees. In addition to...

The federal prosecutor in charge of the investigation into the Brussels attacks has revealed that the bombers originally intended to target France, but switched to Brussels when the police seemed to be closing in. The information appears to have come from Mohamed Abrini, who was arrested on Friday...

The capital of Europe will officially be a centre of cool when its newest museum opens this month. The Millennium Iconoclast Museum of Art (Mima) opens on 15 April, its grand unveiling delayed by three weeks because of the terrorist attacks in Brussels last month. “Mima will further strengthen...