Even the most distracted tourist or jaded commuter will have noticed that there’s art on the Brussels metro. But just how much there is – 82 works in 58 stations – may come as a surprise. Most of the artists are Belgian, by birth or long residence, making the metro a fascinating, idiosyncratic and...

In addition to a replica of the Eiffel Tower and the Sphinx of Giza, visitors to Las Vegas can now also admire a replica of Manneken Pis, Brussels' famous statue of a peeing boy. A much larger version of the original bronze statue was unveiled on Tuesday in the American gambling city. It is the...

The NGO Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen (VWV), which works on behalf of asylum-seekers in Flanders, has filed a legal complaint with the European Commission against federal secretary of state for migration and asylum Theo Francken. The complaint follows Francken’s announcement that the number of...

The European Council of Relgious leaders (ECRL) this week announced that the ritual slaughter of sheep in Belgium during the Islamic Feast of Sacrifice at the end of September will not be required. Flemish minister for animal welfare Ben Weyts is satisfied with the decision, reports De Standaard...

Waterspouts have been spotted above the North Sea this week off the coast of Belgium, including De Panne. Waterspouts are rotating columns of air that form above water, similar to tornadoes but weaker and less destructive. “Waterspouts mainly occur in the late summer and early autumn at the Flemish...

The US military wants to use the Belgian air base in Zutendaal for the storage of military equipment. To this end, it has already requested and received permission from the Belgian government, however a final decision has yet to be made, writes Het Belang van Limburg . Located about 80 km east of...

Belgium’s Queen Mathilde met European experts at a congress on international vaccination policy on Wednesday, an event sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Antwerp University (UAntwerp). The three-day event is the first WHO congress at UAntwerp. WHO’s European division annually...

Cyber-crime is costing companies in Belgium as much as €3.5 billion every year, according to a study by management consultants KPMG Advisory. The company carried out an eight-month investigation in 10 major firms in seven sectors and found that eight out of 10 had been the victim of a cyber-attack...

Since the introduction of the pedestrian zone in the centre of Brussels in June, the number of drivers using the Interparking car parks in the city centre has dropped by 20%. According to Interparking, many drivers are not aware that the garages are still accessible. The company has therefore...

The unemployment rate in Belgium remained at about the same level between July 2014 and July 2015, dropping by 0.1% to 8.5%. In absolute figures, about 426,000 people in Belgium were jobless in July 2015. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate in the eurozone fell slightly in the same period, from 11.1%...