Belgium's largest bank and market leader BNP Paribas Fortis this month increased the interest rate on mortgage loans by 10 basis points, raising the official rate on loans with a fixed interest rate for the first time since July 2015. This brings the rate of a loan with a fixed interest rate over...

CEO of a large company is the highest-paid profession in Belgium, according to an article in Het Laatste Nieuws which lists the country's 10 best-paid jobs based on official figures from the FPS Economy. The rest of the top five is almost entirely occupied by managers in various sectors, headed by...

Belgian cycling champion Eddy Merckx faces a lawsuit over an alleged corruption case after the Brussels prosecutor's office found evidence that Merckx bribed a police chief in order to sell 46 bicycles to the local police stations of Anderlecht, Forest and Saint-Gilles. The police chief and his...

Federal telecommunications minister Alexander De Croo is reported to be angry about the failure of Belgian post service Bpost to merge with its Dutch counterpart PostNL. Bpost this week confirmed that talks over a merger of the two companies had broken down, describing the result as “unfortunate,...

In early December, 2015, the Brussels Airport police requested additional resources to amp up security measures in the departure hall. The chief of the airport police apparently "forgot" to transer the request to the airport management, reports L'Avenir . The police officers who work at the airport...

The Michel Government formed by prime minister Charles Michel is particularly unpopular with women, according to a survey by Het Nieuwsblad . The survey reveals that women have much less confidence in the government than men, and they are increasingly convinced that the government's efforts are not...

The SNCB staff members taking part in the spontaneous strike action that began last Wednesday risk a fine of €12.50, confirmed HR Rail, the HR agency of the national railway company. It was deputy prime minister Kris Peeters who requested that a financial penalty be handed out to the strikers, "as...

The Czech pianist Lukáš Vondrácek, whose performance of the Rachmaninov Third Concerto in the finals brought Queen Mathilde to tears, has won this year’s Queen Elisabeth Competition. Vondrácek (pictured) also won the Canvas-Klara and Alberto Ferro de Musiq’3 prizes, based on votes by viewers of the...

Traffic on the railways will be disrupted at least until Wednesday, regardless of the results of the latest negotiations with unions, because of the public sector strike previously announced for 31 May, socialist union ACOD said. The unexpected strike by French-speaking rail unions that began last...

Brussels’ Atomium has been at the cutting edge of design since its sleek steel-and-glass spheres were first unveiled at the 1958 World’s Fair. With the recent opening of the nearby Art & Design Atomium Museum and the inauguration of its ID# (Innovative Display) programme, though, the Atomium’s...