Parckfarm, the urban farm in Brussels developed on a previous dumping ground by local residents, has been awarded the Public Space Prize 2015. The annual award is presented by the Antwerp-based Public Space Infopoint to the best public space project in Brussels or Flanders. Parckfarm is part of the...

Belgium could perform better when it comes to keeping tabs on the people whose job it is to transport goods in and out of the country, according to the Belgian Court of Audit. The Court claims that Belgium does not carry out enough checks on truck drivers for fraud or other violations, adding that...

The most attractive singles in Belgium live in Flemish cities, according to the single people who took part in an online survey, writes Het Laatste Nieuws and trending.be . In the new study by online dating site EliteDating , 108,599 Belgian singles were asked to indicate their own level of...

While media headlines focus on fiftysomethings cashing in their pension for a new car or holiday, many are still weighing up their options. From April, anyone over the age of 55 with a UK pension will be able to draw the whole fund in one go if they so wish. Up until now, only 25% could be taken as...

About 100 of the 150 employees of the five-star Hotel Amigo in Brussels went on strike yesterday morning, a day before a key European summit in the capital, reports the socialist trade union FGTB Horval. The strike was expected to last until this morning if the FPS Employment, Labour and Social...

Last year’s Brussels Flower Carpet has won Flower Event of the Year at the International Garden Tourism Awards, announced yesterday in Toronto, Canada. The trade organisation annually awards the best garden tourism initiatives across the world. Brussels biennial event sees the Grote Markt covered...

A new online learning platform has been launched to help civil servants at the 19 town halls in Brussels become more bilingual. The platform, available to workers via an intra-net system, was developed by Huis van het Nederlands with the support of the Brussels-Capital Region. The language laws...

For five days this week, the centre of Brussels forms the backdrop for a new Hollywood film, The Danish Girl by Tom Hooper, starring Oscar-winning British actor Eddie Redmayne, who performs the role of a transgender person in the film, reports brusselnieuws.be. Belgian actor Matthias Schoenaerts...

Of the Belgians who travel abroad for their holidays, half do so without any form of health-care travel assistance, according to a study by Belgian insurance company Touring . Nearly three-quarters of Belgians go abroad at least once a year on holiday, and more than half of them opt for no health-...

Belgium should do away with its two frigates, or very large warships, because they are expensive and unnecessary, according to Heinrich Brauss, deputy secretary general of defence at Nato. On Tuesday, Brauss made the recommendation to Belgian defence minister Steven Vandeput to rely less on...