More than 23 million passengers have passed through Brussels Airport already this year, an absolute record. To celebrate, the airport today treated all passengers to Belgian chocolates. “We would like to say thank you to all passengers for deciding on Brussels Airport to jet off on holiday or for...

The federal government, the drinks industry and bar managers have reached an agreement on a code of conduct for the industry, aimed at tackling the problem of so-called “strangulation contracts”. The months-long negotiation involved consumer affairs minister Kris Peeters, minister for small...

Online shopping is increasingly popular among users in Belgium, with both Coolblue and bol.com breaking records this holiday period, writes De Morgen . Bol.com, which recently reached the milestone of one million Belgian customers, has seen an unprecedented spike in sales in the run-up to the...

The majority of the metals collected from old laptops and computers in Belgium is re-used as raw material, but plastics recycling is still lagging behind, according to the results of a study by the University of Ghent, writes De Standaard . The researchers collaborated with recycling companies...

The emotional heart of Brussels, the Royal Toone Theatre, is a puppet theatre for adults - the last living example of a unique cultural tradition that dates from the 16th century when Philip II of Spain, afraid of political unrest, closed all the theatres. The puppet shows were a way around the ban...

“God exists. And he lives in Brussels.” One of the opening lines from Jaco Van Dormael’s Le tout Nouveau Testament (The Brand New Testament) got the country’s biggest collective laugh this year. The film that has made the shortlist for consideration for a foreign-language Oscar nomination can be...

The Belgian soldier who was spotted on Monday carrying a shopping bag during a surveillance mission has been relieved of his duties following a disciplinary investigation, reports De Standaard . The photo of the man in uniform spread like wildfire on social media, as it showed the soldier...

If you were looking around in this season of goodwill for an act of selfless charity, you wouldn’t necessarily look towards the rail unions, who have announced five days of strikes in January. January is also exam time for universities and colleges, and some of those exams will take place on strike...

From next year it will be possible for the children of co-parents in Belgium to register as residents of two municipalities. "Allowing them to register in two places provides a solution for many parents who are divorced and live in two different communes," says MP Sonja Becq, who filed the bill to...

The mayors of Overijse and Tervuren, just outside of Brussels, are urging for a stricter language policy for emergency service workers in and around the capital. Dirk Brankaer and Jan Spooren want to make it required for ambulances from Brussels hospitals to have at least one Dutch-speaking...