One of the perpetrators of the 22 March terror attacks was actively involved in the smuggling of works of art from Syria to Belgium, reveals Paris Match today based on French sources close to the investigation. The magazine does not name the offender. The International Criminal Police Organization...

The Belgian government this year shut down more than 2,100 'ghost companies', or registered businesses that failed to submit a financial statement in three or more years, writes De Tijd . As many as 2,130 ghost-, or shell companies, have been scrapped so far in 2016 from Belgium's Central...

The criminal court of Mechelen has found communications provider Skype guilty of refusing to cooperate in a judicial case. Skype would not agree to supply the court with information on calls made between users because it is technically impossible, according to the company. It must now pay a fine of...

The special investigations squad (ISI) of the federal tax authority has filed the biggest complaint in Belgian tax history. The complaint covers all cases of fiscal amnesty dealt with between 2004 and 2015, a total of 61,546 cases worth €36 billion. Fiscal amnesty was a technique used by the...

Members of the animal welfare committee in the Flemish parliament have postponed a vote on a proposal to ban slaughter of animals without stunning – the type of ritual slaughter carried out in the halal and kosher traditions. The vote was due to take place on Wednesday, but the committee said it...

Forget EU summits, the biggest political gathering on everyoneís lips is the upcoming US presidential election night on 8 November. While across the Atlantic, Clinton and Trump continue to battle it out in an increasingly testy campaign, Brussels gears up for its own election night extravaganza...

In 2018, a middle school for adolescents aged 10 to 14 will open its doors in Anderlecht, the first of its kind in Belgium which currently only has two school levels: primary and secondary, writes De Morgen. "One in seven students in Brussels gets held back in the first year of high school,” says...

The 22 March terror attacks in Belgium have so far cost the state about €322.7 million in compensation to victims and material damage, according to figures from federal deputy prime minister Kris Peeters, reports Le Soir . The attacks at Brussels Airport and Maelbeek metro station left 32 dead and...

Colruyt is again this year selected by consumer organisation Test-Achats as Belgium's most affordable supermarket, but the difference with the competition is getting smaller, as the Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijn closes the gap, writes De Morgen . Test-Achats today presented the results of...

The Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels has announced plans to create a new on-site museum. The Library of the Dukes of Burgundy will hold 300 rare illuminated manuscripts from the Burgundian period. Through multimedia displays, visitors will be immersed in the history of medieval Europe. The...