A rail strike in the Brussels region is affecting trains across Belgium, as well as international services to London, Paris, Amsterdam and Cologne. The walkout by drivers at Belgian rail operator SNCB began at 22.00 on Thursday and runs until the end of Friday evening. There are no Eurostar...

Visitors to the Magritte Museum, located in the heart of Brussels, can expect to be checked for possession of pencils upon entry. La Libre Belgique calls it "Belgian surrealism" and says the measure is to do with funding cuts to Brussels arts and cultural organisations. "We simply do not have...

In the last 20 years in Belgium, the colorectal cancer mortality rate has declined by nearly 30%, as it has done in more European countries, such as Austria, Switzerland, Germany, the United Kingdom, Czech Republic and Ireland. In the Netherlands and Sweden, colorectal cancer mortality rates...

Belgium and the Netherlands, together with a number of other NATO countries, are planning to pool their resources to jointly purchase precision-guided munition, writes Het Laatste Nieuws . Defence minister Steven Vandeput and his Dutch counterpart Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert finalized the agreement...

Belgian amusement parks on Tuesday took home six prizes during the 4 th European Star Awards. The event is an initiative of the leading European trade magazine Kirmes & Park Revue , writes Het Laatste Nieuws. Three Plopsa parks were among the winners. The European Star Awards are given out...

The London-based SABMiller, the second-largest brewer in the world, has refused a bid worth €92 billion from its larger rival, Leuven-based AB InBev. SAB said the bid “seriously undervalues” the company. News of a takeover bid for SAB has been circulating since mid-September, when it was reported...

A unique supermarket is preparing its grand opening in Saint-Gilles in late November. Belgomarkt is a supermarket with only Belgian products. The supermarket will fill its 265 square metre space with about 1,000 products, which is only about half of the amount offered by the average Carrefour...

Brussels Airport last year saw passenger numbers increase by 14.6% compared to 2013, to more than 21.75 million, according to figures released on Wednesday by the European statistics agency Eurostat. Only Athens Airport recorded higher growth last year, with a 21.8% increase in passenger numbers...

The number of asylum requests in Belgium is heading towards its highest level in 15 years, with a growing number of unaccompanied minors seeking refugee status, according to official new figures published this week. The latest statistics from the Belgian Commissioner-General for Refugees and...

Chantal Akerman, a Belgian icon of feminist and avant-garde filmmaking, has died at the age of 65. In an article published in 2012, The Bulletin looked back at her pioneering 40-year career to coincide with a museum retrospective of her work. "There are two Chantal Akermans," explains Dieter...