While Belgian ceremonies take place next Wednesday on Armistice Day, the Irish in Europe organisation gathers at the Anglo-Belgian war memorial in Place Poelaert on Saturday at 12.00 for its annual remembrance event . In addition to honouring Irish losses in the first and second world wars, it pays...

The number of accommodations offered in Belgium via Airbnb doubled in the last 12 months, according to Philippe Coulon, general manager of Airbnb Belgium. The online marketplace for the rental and booking of private accommodation lists about 2 million properties worldwide. In Belgium, there are...

Belgian shop owners last year lost €927 million due to stolen merchandise. The Belgian figures contrast sharply with the European trend, which shows a decrease in retail crime across Europe, according to the Global Retail Theft Barometer. The global study is commissioned by Checkpoint Systems, a...

Mothers in Belgium give birth most often in the summer months of June, July, August and September. In terms of days of the week, Tuesday is the "most popular" day to give birth in Belgium, according to statistics from the FPS Economy. The federal department published the results of the study,...

Brussels brewery Cantillon has stopped production of its lambic beers because the temperatures are unseasonably high for November. The brewer, located in Anderlecht, makes lambic by a process of spontaneous fermentation which sees large copper vessels sitting in rooms with the windows and vents...

Following news earlier this week that Brussels restaurants were serving cheaper fish than what is on the menu, meat producers have now been accused of using misleading labels. The information is based on a study carried out by the European consumer organisation BEUC, of which local consumer rights...

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner painted in the colours of R2-D2 has touched down at Brussels airport to promote the forthcoming release of the seventh Star Wars movie. The jet, belonging to Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways, first took off from Tokyo in mid-October and has been visiting airports around...

The organisers of Brussels' electric tuk-tuk taxi service are planning a relaunch after seven months in operation - with new vehicles better equipped to deal with the city's cobblestones. Mobiloo launched in April after nearly five years of administrative delays, with two rickshaws serving De...

Hackers took the Wallonia region's official website offline for most of Wednesday - with internet security experts warning of more attacks on public websites in the coming days. Wallonia.be was targeted by a denial-of-service attack, which involves inundating a web server with an unmanageably high...

Many restaurants in Brussels are selling customers a cheaper kind of fish than is listed on the menu, according to an investigation by the environmental organisation Oceana Europe. The organisation took 280 samples of fish served in restaurants between March and July this year for analysis at the...