Mobility problems and increasing property rents are leading to an exodus of businesses from Brussels, but Flanders is reaping the benefits, according to Ingrid Ceusters, CEO of property consultants Group Hugo Ceusters-SCMS. Last year in Brussels, 40% less office space was sold or rented than the...

Belgium's Royal Museums of Fine Arts and the Google Cultural Institute on Tuesday announced the launch of a new project around Pieter Bruegel the Elder, one of the greatest Flemish painters of the 16th century. The Unseen Masterpieces project features 12 works by the painter, to be admired in eight...

The citizens’ organisation Ieder Kind een Stoel (A Chair for Every Child) has announced its intention to file a legal complaint against the government of Flanders because of too little capacity for pupils in Brussels’ Dutch-speaking schools. The organisation has launched a crowdfunding action to...

On 14 September 2015, sensors at the twin Ligo laser interferometer observatories in the United States detected a slight wavelength shift in the lasers running through the vacuum sealed tubes inside each facility. The change was recorded and, over the next several months, scientists the world over...

Oxfam is appealing for expat groups, workplace colleagues, families and friends to get involved in a fundraising marathon walk around Flanders Fields to mark the centenary of the first world war and help people affected by conflict today. The first edition of the Peacewalker challenge will take...

When it comes to donating used clothes to countries abroad, Belgians are very generous. As the world's sixth largest exporter of second-hand clothing, Belgians donate about €172 million worth of clothes annually. In many African countries, however, the hand-me-downs are no longer wanted, writes...

According to an analysis of the financial statements of football players in Belgium's first division, the players earn an average of €255,157 gross per year, not including the numerous benefits such as group insurance, premiums, holiday pay and a 13th month, write various Belgian media. Anderlecht...

Update: The suspect killed by a sniper during Tuesday's anti-terror raid at a home in Brussels has been identified as Mohamed Bel Caïd, a 35-year-old Algerian national staying in Belgium illegally, federal prosecutor Eric Van Der Sypt said at a press conference on Wednesday. His body was found at...

Six suspects will go on trial in Antwerp next week for a murder that took place in Syria – the first time such a crime has been tried in Belgium. One of the suspects, 23-year-old Hakim Elouassaki of Vilvoorde, is in custody; the other five are thought to still be in Syria. All six are alleged to...

World-famous for their furniture, Charles and Ray Eames were also involved in architecture, industrial design and manufacturing - but their photographic work, though vast (750,000 images), is much less well-known. Eames & Hollywood, the first temporary exhibition at ADAM (Art & Design...