While a class on the Arabic language may, in theory, be offered in a Belgian school, it has yet to happen. That is until this school year, however, should the Royal Athenaeum of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert succeed in its goal of becoming the first school in the country to offer a course in Arabic, reports...

Despite the European Commission's digital agenda, which aims for all European citizens to have access to an internet connection of at least 30 Megabytes per second by 2020, there are still 435,000 homes in Belgium without a high-speed Internet connection, writes De Zondag . The vast majority of the...

One person was killed and five seriously injured in a traffic accident on Thursday on the E40 westbound at Oudenburg in West Flanders. In the back of one of the lorries involved in the accident, police discovered four migrants without papers. The four African men were locked inside of the lorry and...

A group of young Muslim women in Antwerp have called for a “beach party” on Saturday in protest at N-VA’s proposed ban on the burqini and at recent comments made by the city’s mayor, Bart De Wever. The event is planned to take place on Suikerrui, next to city hall. The group has filed an...

Since his abdication in 2013, Belgium's King Albert II receives an annual grant of €923,000 from the federal state. The former monarch is unhappy with the amount because it is less than the €1.4 million promised to him by former prime minister Elio Di Rupo, writes Knack. Di Rupo revealed the...

Flanders would be willing to join a new North Sea Union to enter trade relations with the UK after the country leaves the European Union, the The Daily Telegraph reports. Flemish minister-president Geert Bourgeois, whose portfolio also includes foreign trade, was once again arguing for what he...

After Eric Jacqmin, a priest from Aalst, last week recounted for Het Laatste Nieuws his amazement at the 'bleeding' communion wafer he kept in his home since 7 July, a professor at the University of Ghent took it upon herself to seek out a scientific explanation for the phenomenon. The 200-year-old...

Unions representing postal workers are concerned about a proposal by national post Bpost to bring in refugees to fill the vacancies for mail carriers. The jobs would go to those who have been accepted as asylum-seekers. “Refugees are certainly welcome, but they have to have the right background,”...

Five people on Wednesday were rescued from a burning boat off the coast of Oostduinkerke, part of Koksijde. All crew members are in good health. The five friends from Kortrijk were celebrating a birthday aboard the boat when they suddenly heard a strange noise coming from the motor, followed by an...

Richard Ruben has been a fixture on the francophone stand-up circuit for over 20 years. Now the celebrated Belgian comedian is tackling a new language: English. It’s not entirely foreign to the Brussels-born funny man. His father was British, and he’s travelled the English-speaking world...