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Belgium among most expensive countries to send parcels

Only Switzerland and Sweden are more expensive than Belgium when it comes to parcel delivery abroad, writes Money Talk. The postal service in Belgium is expensive in relation to other European countries because there is little competition between the parcel businesses, suggests the Belgian e-...

Brussels' oldest woman dies aged 108

Antoinette Mélis, Brussels' oldest woman, has died. She celebrated her 108th birthday last year in October, writes Brusselnieuws. Mélis was a real Bruxelloise , who lived in the Brussels communes of Molenbeek and Anderlecht her entire life. She spent the last eight years in retirement home Paloke...

Belgian soldiers are overworked, say unions

Some members of the military are growing increasingly disgruntled since the terrorist threat level was raised across Belgium, requiring the soldiers to patrol the streets and remain on high alert for months on end. Due to the increased work load, the soldiers say they are unable to use up all of...

Royal flights add up to €143,000 a year

Flights taken by Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde last year took €143,138 out of the defense ministry budget, reports Het Laatste Nieuws. The royal couple's travels include seven trips to Switzerland and five trips to France, according to figures released by defense minister Steven...

More counterfeit goods showing up for sale on social media

The internet in general and social media in particular are increasingly responsible for the growth in sales of counterfeit goods, according to federal consumer affairs minister Kris Peeters. Last year economic inspectors confiscated 320,000 counterfeit articles, fewer than the year before, but in a...

Old brewery being brought back to life at Wiels

The engine room of the former Wielemans-Ceuppens brewery in the Brussels municipality of Forest has all the hallmarks of machines from the heyday of the industrial revolution – large metal wheels, piston rods and measuring equipment to direct the steel giants. It’s not hard to imagine that they...

Engineering consultancy federation calls Brussels roads “disastrous”

The maintenance of Belgium's roads, tunnels, bridges and viaducts is practically non-existent, and the situation in Brussels is even "disastrous", according to ORI, the sectoral organisation of engineering and consultancy firms in Belgium. Flanders is doing slightly better, said the federation in...

Jack Russell is Belgium's most popular dog breed

The introduction in 1998 of an obligatory Dog ID in Belgium has made it easier to gain an overview of the country's dog population. The database for the identification and registration of dogs in Belgium reveals not only the most popular breeds, but the most popular names, as well. In the Brussels-...

Belgium tops list of world's best juvenile justice systems

Children in Belgium have more access to the justice system than anywhere else in the world, according to the results of a survey by the Child Rights International Network (CRIN). The first-ever global study on children's access to justice ranks countries according to how effectively minors can use...

Telenet to move headquarters to Brussels

Belgian telecommunications company Telenet will move its official headquarters from Mechelen ( pictured ) to Brussels as the result of the company's recent acquisition of mobile operator BASE, write various Belgian media. Telenet's strategic decisions will from now on be made from Brussels, at the...

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