Every year the Queen Elisabeth Competition showcases a new class of young musicians from around the world. Today’s laureates are destined to become the headliners of tomorrow’s classical music scene. Each edition is devoted to a different instrument. This year is all about the cello. Although the...

The Belgian cinema group Kinepolis has received the green light from the competition watchdog to build new complexes in Belgium, reports De Tijd . The construction of additional cinemas has been forbidden since 1997 to prevent the group from becoming too dominant in Belgium. Last month, the listed...

A new digital identity app could soon replace passwords and card readers. The federal government and a consortium called Belgian Mobile ID have teamed up to launch the app, called Itsme. Customers can already use the app to carry out online transactions, and it is being used by the partners in...

A new price index reveals that Belgium is the most expensive country in the world to buy airline tickets, write various media based on the Flight Price Index created by Czech online travel agency Kiwi. For the annual survey , Kiwi compared flight prices in 80 countries around the world. It arranged...

The position of women in the labour market remains “vulnerable”, according to the Institute for the Equality between Women and Men (IEFH), after it was revealed that the number of complaints of workplace discrimination on grounds of gender increased last year by 50% on the year before. The IEFH...

All aboard the Bulletin bus - destination Antwerp! As part of our ongoing mission to explore Belgian culture and history, we have teamed up with event and tour organiser Expat Club to offer readers a water-themed day trip to the city’s new hotspot, Eilandje (little island), situated between the...

Employers who give priority to family members of existing staff for holiday jobs are guilty of discrimination, according to Unia, the federal centre for equal opportunities. Employment opportunities should be open to all, and not just a restricted circle, it said. “If a business chooses its...

Why is The Thinker by Rodin upside down with his head buried in the earth of the Château de Seneffe's beautiful 18th century gardens? What is that enormous sink plug doing on the banks of the château's river? What does an infinite fishing pole look like? What is the special ingredient that makes...

Every year, on 2 June, Italians celebrate the referendum that took place 71 years ago in which a majority voted to abolish the monarchy and for Italy to become a republic. "This date is seen as the starting point or the foundation of our republic today," says Andrea Sama, deputy head of mission at...

Belgium is working to fight potential terrorism in the North Sea with a new service that checks whether there are radicalised crew members on board Belgian ships and protects the ships from terror attacks, write various Belgian media. "Ships are an ideal means for terrorist and other criminal...