Belgium's national football team, the Red Devils, maintains its leading position in the ranking of the World Football League, according to the first FIFA rankings of 2016, released today. There are few changes since the last ranking was published in early December 2015, as almost no matches were...

While Brussels has a reputation as a serious capital city and a magnet for politics and business, it also has a thriving sports and leisure scene, offering a variety of options for locals and visitors whose energy input ranges from all-out fitness freaks to armchair fans. The presence of so many...

It's bear weekend at the Brussels Toy Museum , with free entry on January 9-10 if you turn up and bring a teddy bear with you. A "bear doctor" will be on hand to help with repairs to your old teddy, and there are also creative workshops for children. Rue de l'Association 24, Brussels, 10.00-13.00...

Post-industrial Charleroi is to Wallonia as Detroit is to the US and Glasgow to the UK. Once shorthand for industry and wealth, it is now more readily associated with economic blight and all its attendant woes. But the city is set for a renaissance, with the entire urban centre one giant building...

With the internet hit 'Nous sommes Bruxellois – Wij zijn Brusselaars' (We are from Brussels), a number of Brussels residents aim to restore the city's image after it was damaged by various international media following the increased terror threat of recent months. The video features locals talking...

Approximately 11,000 prisoners across Belgium will soon be able to make calls, watch digital TV, rent movies and play video games from their cells, the FPS Justice announced. All prisons will eventually be connected to a secure digital platform known as the Prison Cloud. The technology will also...

What do you do for work? I started working at SNCB through my stepfather. As a train conductor, I help bring the train safely from point A to point B. I am also responsible for providing information to passengers and checking tickets. Do you like your job? Yes, I think it's nice. Every day is...

The presiding judge at the Brussels court of assize, Karin Gérard on Tuesday was attacked by three men after she left work. The attackers waited for Gérard around 19.00 outside the Justice Palace as she headed from Rue Quatre Bras to Avenue Louise. The perpetrators mugged Gérard before delivering...

One out of four schools in Belgium hired a debt collection agency last year to follow up on unpaid invoices from parents. At 1,400, it’s a notable increase from five years ago, when only 950 schools across the country hired an agency for the problem. The parents of about 12,000 children last year...

Belgium’s four environment ministers – one from each region and one from the federal government – have finally reached agreement on the policy goals the country will adopt on climate change. The agreement was reached on Friday, six years after the negotiations started and a week after the start of...