A row has broken out over Belgium's scientific research base in the Antarctic. Two competing expeditions for the 2015-16 season are currently being prepared, according to a report in Le Soir . On one side is the International Polar Foundation, lead by the charismatic explorer Alain Hubert. It ran...

Energy companies that bill customers who leave for another provider could face fines, the economy ministry has warned. Last week it was revealed that one electricity provider, Essent, was sending invoices to customers who terminated their contract to sign up with another provider. Since 2012,...

It was once a contemplative interlude in the ten-day Brussels Summer Festival but now little sibling Classissimo is a stand-alone event. The 9th edition of the classical music festival starts this evening (Friday) in Théâtre Royal du Park. Young talented musicians are centre stage in a programme...

Brussels Airport was cut off from the city for a short time on Monday morning, at least for travellers hoping to make the journey by road. The A201, which connects the airport at Zaventum to the Brussels Ring, was closed to traffic for over an hour because of a gas leak in one of the airport...

A system that allows people to block calls from telemarketing companies is not working well, according to reports in De Standaard and Het Nieuwsblad. Complaints that nuisance calls are still getting through shot up in the first half of 2015, with 1,420 people protesting to government regulators...

The number of animals in shelters in Flanders decreased in 2014 by 14% compared to 2013 – from 36,358 to 31,439 animals, according to figures from the Flemish government. The number of dogs taken in dropped by even more: by 27% from 11,218 to 8,179. The number of animals that had to be euthanised...

Some 250 theatre people – from directors to actors to stage hands – took to the sea at Ostend at the weekend to protest cuts in subsidies recently approved by Flemish culture minister Sven Gatz. The protest ( pictured ), organised by the group Hoogtijd and including those involved in the Ostend...

A law that will allow buildings and art in public spaces to be photographed without infringing copyright rules is to be proposed by Open VLD, part of the federal government coalition. According to De Morgen, the party has drawn up a draft law that would introduce the 'freedom of panorama' into...

Belgian police officers are at greater risk from sports and training injuries than accidents suffered while performing their duties, according to figures picked up across the Belgian press this morning. Out of 1,523 accidents recorded by the police over the course of a year, 347 took place during...

A record number of businesses were passed on to new owners last year without the payment of succession rights, according to figures obtained from the government of Flanders by member of parliament Robrecht Bothuyne. In 2012, the government introduced a regulation that allowed the owner of a...