What do you do for work? I am a nursery school teacher at a Steiner school. Do you like your job? Yes! I love working with children. I like the combination of being creative and working with people. Why a Steiner school? It's actually a dream school. Children have the opportunity to make their own...

Belgium’s three main unions – liberal CGSLB, Christian CSC and socialist FGTB – are bringing a case before the Constitutional Court against raising the minimum retirement age to 67 for employees, civil servants and teaching staff. According to the joint action, the increase in the pension age is “a...

Drivers in Belgium are at the greatest risk of being involved in an accident while driving in Brussels, but the severity of the accident is likely to be lower than in Flanders or Wallonia, according to a study by the Belgian Institute for Road Safety (IBSR), writes Brusselnieuws. The study shows...

Tram services on lines 3, 4 and 51 in Brussels were halted on Monday evening after a car got stuck in the tunnel at Brussels South Station. The driver made it several kilometres through the tunnel before getting stuck in the tracks, writes Brusselnieuws. Public transport company STIB said it has “...

While death due to malaria is rare in Belgium, there are still one or two cases a year, writes VRT News. There are between 300 and 350 cases of malaria recorded annually in Belgium. Most cases are easy to treat, but malaria can be fatal, warns doctor Erika Vlieghe of the Institute for Tropical...

The famous Brussels chip shop Maison Antoine was the centre of media attention last week after it was visited by German chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday. The chancellor stopped by the friterie for an order of Belgian chips. Her visit triggered longer queues than normal last weekend. Antonio, who...

The governments of Flanders and Belgium are funding the transport of refugee children between the reception centres where they live and pre-school and primary school. Journeys of less than 4km will be covered by the federal government, with longer distances paid for by the Flemish government. The...

The dust has settled on media reports that mice had eaten the plans for Brussels' tunnels. So what's the real story? Last week it was reported that the technical archives relating to the construction of the Brussels tunnels have gone missing, probably eaten by mice, according to someone from...

A group of hackers calling itself Down-Sec took down the website of the federal nuclear control agency Fanc at the weekend. It was the latest in a series of online attacks on government sites. The group had earlier closed down sites belonging to the office of the prime minister, the defence...

The number of cases of Internet banking fraud in Belgium last year remained stable compared to 2014, but the amount stolen was considerably higher, writes De Standaard . Businesses are frequent victims of bank fraud, or money theft committed using online technology. In 2015, there were 283 cases of...