Belgium’s main football competition, the annual Belgian Cup, will from next season go by the name Croky Cup, announced the Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA). Croky, a Belgian brand of crisps, and the RBFA signed an agreement for the next three years. The Belgian Cup, formerly known as the...

Dick Boer, COO of Ahold, the Dutch company that owns supermarket chain Albert Heijn, has been named the CEO of the new Ahold Delhaize group. Current Delhaize CEO Frans Muller will be deputy CEO. The merger of the two supermarket giants was officially announced this morning. The deal between the...

The governments of Belgium’s three regions will co-operate on road safety issues, following a signature this week of a co-ordination agreement. In the last round of state reforms, road safety policy became a responsibility of the regions. But the three mobility ministers said that any coherent...

Who said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes? Actually, there is a third one! One day in May or June, you will find that brown envelope in your letterbox. Tax season is back. If you are new to Belgium, that envelope holds your tax return. You will put it on the mantelpiece,...

A vehicle inspection in Belgium costs on average twice as much as in neighbouring countries, requires long waiting times and can potentially damage the engine, report Het Laatste Nieuws and De Morgen based on the conclusion of a comparative survey by Belgium’s largest roadside assistance company...

The use of antibiotics in livestock in Belgium last year increased by 1.1%, reports De Standaard . That's bad news, according to several experts who fear that the target for 2020 - halving the use of antibiotics in livestock – will not be met. Antibiotic sales for livestock in 2014 increased by...

More than a quarter of employees in Belgium (28.2%) regularly experience some form of work-related stress, according to the results of a survey by HR company SD Worx. This alarming trend often translates into higher costs for companies as more stressed employees take long-term leave from work, says...

In an effort to identify the areas in Belgium with the highest risk of tick bites, for the prevention of Lyme disease, the Scientific Institute of Public Health (IPH) launched a new website TekenNet.be. Those affected by a tick bite are encouraged to report it via the site, announced the IPH in a...

Brussels is becoming a more affordable place to live for expatriates, says HR company Mercer. According to Mercer’s 21 st annual Cost of Living Survey , Brussels fell 46 places to 102 nd place in the list of the world’s most expensive cities for expatriates. The Angolan capital Luanda maintains its...

The federal competition authorities have handed down fines totalling €174 million to seven supermarkets and 10 of their suppliers for price fixing. The supermarkets concerned are Carrefour, Colruyt, Cora, Delhaize, Intermarché, Makro and Mestdagh. The highest fines in this group go to Carrefour (€...