Belgian businesses could face a price tag of €1.6 billion if negotiations over Brexit – the UK’s exit from the European Union – prove difficult, forcing the two sides to apply World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules. That is the conclusion of the first report published by the Brexit High Level Group...

The flu epidemic in Belgium for the last three weeks is intensifying, according to the latest figures from the Scientific Institute for Public Health (ISP). Having started at low-levels, the epidemic is now described as “moderate”. The official threshold to declare an epidemic stands at 140...

A group of smaller mobile phone operators, including Jim Mobile and Mobile Vikings, has issued a reaction to the decision by the European Parliament involving fixed tariffs. The tariffs for bulk data will be €7.70 per gigabyte this year, lowering to €3.50 in 2020 and to €2.50 in 2022. “The maximum...

The government of the Brussels-Capital Region is bringing together all initiatives concerning the digital sector in Digital.Brussels. Joining forces should make the capital a digital frontrunner in Europe, according to the government. The three minister responsible for implementing the new strategy...

Brussels' deepest swimming pool has opened an underwater restaurant - serving lobster, caviar and champagne from €99 per person. The Pearl, at Nemo 33 in Uccle, is a four-cubic-metre sphere, five metres below the water surface and took a year to research, build and test. "It's a kind of cocoon...

Four out of 10 children in Brussels are born into poverty - and six out of 10 start their lives in a single-parent family - according to a new study by ULB's public health school, backed by the King Baudouin Foundation. The study - which is based on the latest available birth data spanning six...

The renowned In de Verzekering tegen de Grote Dorst (Insurance against a Great Thirst) has been chosen as the best bar in Belgium by the influential website RateBeer.com. The cafe, which specialises in the lambic-based beers for which the area in famous, is located in Eizeringen, a district of...

To end the Bright Brussels Winter lighting of the inner ring, the Bright Brussels Festival will light up the canal district from the Square Sainctelette and the Place des Armateurs. The Quai des Péniches will be cloaked in light with 10 majestic works dotted along an illuminated pathway. To...

Antwerp introduces its new low-emissions zone (Lez) in the centre of the city and in the Linkeroever district on 1 February. The introduction of the zone will affect older cars in an effort to reduce the levels of fine particles in the air. Antwerp is known as one of the most polluted cities in...

The government of the Brussels-Capital Region has given €180,000 to Jeugd en Muziek Brussel (Youth and Music Brussels) to bolster its educational programmes in Dutch-speaking schools. The funding will allow pupils in both primary and secondary school to learn to play and write music in workshops,...