The number of people in Belgium entitled to benefits from the National Pensions Office (NPO) increased last year to 1,938,773, or nearly one in five. That's 8.2% more than in 2010 and 2.26% more than in 2013, according to the NPO's annual report. The report shows that the federal government spends...

The Scientific Institute for Public Health (ISP) has created a public overview of the efforts of local hospitals to prevent on-site infections. The scores of 105 Belgian hospitals concerning hygiene can be examined online and will be updated every year. WIV has criticised the shortcomings of...

Black, Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah’s electrifying new film, opens with what could be just another Tuesday in Brussels. Armed with a fist-size rock, a teen rapidly walks up to a car idling in front of a red light. In one sweeping motion, he smashes the window and snatches the driver’s purse from...

Sorry, registrations for this event are now closed. The BBC World Service is holding a debate in Brussels this coming Tuesday on some of the big issues facing Europe today. The free event takes place at the Royal Library of Belgium from 18.00 on 17 November, and will be recorded for broadcast on...

Belgium's health minister Maggie De Block on Tuesday attended the opening of an art exhibition starring herself. The opening of the exhibition Maggie took place in the Brussels gallery The Cartoonist, where it runs until 15 December. The exhibition features cartoons from the Belgian press about De...

The 11 Congolese adoptees who were detained by the director of their orphanage for more than two years have arrived in Belgium, announced foreign affairs minister Didier Reynders. After more than two years of waiting, the Belgian adoptive parents this week received news that the Congolese...

Brussels metro services will be disrupted this weekend, with replacement buses running on lines 1 and 5 between Gare Centrale, Mérode and Montgomery. The closure all day on Saturday and Sunday is to allow for points to be replaced between Arts-Loi and Maelbeek stations. The bus replacement service...

FoodMet, the covered food hall in Anderlecht which opened its doors in May, is to be fitted with an urban farm on its roof from 2016. The 4,000 square-metre state-of-the-art rooftop farm will feature greenhouses for aquaponics - the combination of fish farming and vegetable cultivation without soil...

The 2016 Bib Gourmand for Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg (Benelux), the Michelin guide to restaurants with high-quality yet affordable cuisine, has selected 28 new addresses in Belgium. There are 169 Belgian restaurants in the 2016 list , out of a total 317. The Bib Gourmand Benelux...

A new dining concept in Brussels is helping expats and Belgians make friends with like-minded food lovers over a shared homemade meal. Since launching in June, Meetsies has signed up about 30 amateur chefs who have hosted more than 100 dinners around the Brussels region. The organisers are now...