Pensions minister Daniel Bacquelaine is working on a bill that entitles workers in Belgium to receive a minimum pension after a career of 20 years, instead of the current 30 years. The plan would take effect from 2018, write De Tijd and L'Echo . The minimum pension in Belgium currently requires a...

50,000 tickets to this summer's Harry Potter exhibition in Brussels were sold immediately after ticket sales opened last Friday, writes Brusselnieuws. The exhibition runs from 30 June to 11 September at Brussels Expo. The enormous response from Harry Potter fans on Friday caused the server to go...

The first harvest of Rockit apples in Belgium is now available in supermarkets. About 50 tonnes of the specially bred miniature apple, originally from the east coast of New Zealand, were harvested this season from trees planted in Belgium in 2012. The fruit can now be found for the first time in...

Residents in Belgium who are vaccinated against the flu are better protected than people in neighbouring countries because of the quadrivalent, or four-strain, vaccination, which protects against four flu viruses, according to virologist Marc Van Ranst, who heads up the federal government’s flu...

Brussels is Europe's "undiscovered foodie Mecca" - according to a Canadian expat food-lover whose new book aims to open outsiders' and locals' eyes to what Belgium has to offer, while stopping tourists visiting "the same five places". "I wrote the book that I would have wanted when I first moved to...

Global stock markets suffered a volatile January, with investors anxiously selling off stocks. But away from the trading floor panic, in an auditorium in downtown Brussels, one Belgian firm succeeded in raising €1m from the general public in just 15 minutes. MyMicroInvest has helped 31,000 people...

Two experts from the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, arrived this week in Pairi Daiza, Belgium's animal theme park famous for its two giant pandas, Hao Hao and Xing Hui. Professor Li Descheng and his assistant Li Rengui are visiting the park after changes were observed...

Another Brussels tunnel has been closed down because of falling masonry. The Pacheco tunnel, which runs under the Boulevard du Jardin Botanique from Brussels-City into Saint-Josse, was expected to open again on Wednesday, after being closed on Tuesday. According to Bruxells Mobilité, the tunnel’s...

The number of railway tracks around Brussels should be doubled in areas where there are stations to prevent the future express rail network (Gen) from interfering with traffic on the normal inter-city lines, according to Jo Cornu, chief executive of the national rail authority SNCB. “I’m in favour...

The international business community has come together in support of Belgium, following negative publicity that began shortly after the Paris terror attacks. A letter co-signed by 13 different international chambers of commerce states that "Belgium remains an attractive place to invest, a safe...