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 (€...

The Waasland Shopping Center in Sint-Niklaas, East Flanders, and the Wijnegem Shopping Center near Antwerp have been acquired by the Chinese Investment Company (CIC) in conjunction with the property fund manager AEW. Majority stakes in the two retail centres formed part of a package along with...

An auction of Tintin comic books and collector items on Sunday in Brussels yielded €135,000. One of the highlights was the first edition of the album 'The Blue Lotus' ( picturedi) from 1946, in mint condition, for which the new owner laid down €7,000. The album ‘Crab With the Golden Claws’ sold for...

About 150 nude cyclists rode their bikes through Brussels on Saturday for the 11th edition of Cyclonudista. The cyclists aim to draw attention to their vulnerable position in city traffic and to demand political action be taken to make cycling in the city safer and more attractive. They also want...

Brussels football club RSC Anderlecht intends to move from its home in the Constant Vanden Stock stadium to the new national stadium near Heysel in the summer of 2019, it has announced. Anderlecht will rent the stadium for 20 years and will receive the €4 million a year subsidy that Brussels-City...

Ineke van Schoor, Julie van Gelder and Kaat Dumarey claimed three gold medals for Belgium at the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, with winning performances in the women’s group all-around, balance and dynamic events in acrobatic gymnastics. Van Gelder, 21, van Schoor, 19, and Dumarey, 15, beat...

Tran Minh from Uccle was declared Begium's Monopoly champion during the Belgian Championship on Saturday in Ghent. He will represent Belgium at the World Championships in Macau, China, from 7 to 9 September. Manufacturer Hasbro Games hosted the championship with games distributor Bergsala Enigma in...