Alexander Kristoff became the first Norwegian to win the Tour of Flanders bike race, outpowering and outsmarting his rivals on Sunday in a chaotic edition of the cobbled one-day classic. Kristoff held off Dutchman Niki Terpstra of Etixx-Quick Step in a two-man sprint finish after a brutal 264km...

Perhaps more than any other food item, the quality and care that goes into preparing meats is the biggest predictor of how healthy and delicious your meal will be. That's why having a good and reliable butcher is so important, especially in a country like Belgium that takes the quality of its food...

One solution for the school holidays and cold spring weather is an underground treasure hunt at Coudenberg Palace from 4 to 19 April. The fascinating ruins in Place des Palais are part of the former palace of Charles V and date from medieval times. Children aged five to eight, accompanied by an...

The signal strength of the French-language radio stations in the Brussels-Capital Region was raised again last year, making Dutch-language radio stations in various parts of the region more difficult to receive. Flanders has therefore filed a complaint with the Council of State, media minister Sven...

Belgium’s national rail authority SNCB receives €12 of public funds per train kilometre, the third highest rail subsidy in Europe, after the French and Luxembourg railways. Rail companies in the UK and the Netherlands are the least subsidised, reports L'Echo, based on a study by the European Rail...

A former president of Flanders’ socialist party (S.PA) has been found dead by police divers dragging the Albert canal near Hasselt in Limburg province. Steve Stevaert, 60, had gone missing earlier in the day, shortly after news broke that he was to be sent for trial on rape charges. After serving...

A new law introduced by federal justice minister Annemie Turtelboom in May last year, allowing parents in Belgium to give their babies either the father’s or the mother’s surname, or both, has met with little success so far, reports De Morgen . Ten months after the option was made available, only 4...

The growth of cancer tumours could be battled by impeding the burning of fatty acids by cancer cells. The discovery was made by scientists from the University of Leuven and the life sciences research centre VIB, and their insights will be published in the science magazine Nature . To grow, cancer...

April come she will, as Paul Simon wrote, and so she has. Which means spring is upon us – time for school holidays and greening trees, chocolate eggs and ducklings in the parks. With winter on its way out, many of us will feel a surge of energy, a desire to emerge from out homes and get out of...

Google will comply with Belgium’s laws concerning privacy on the internet, the company agreed during its latest meeting with Willem Debeuckelaere, chair of the Belgian Privacy Commission . Google has participated in discreet talks with the privacy committees of several European countries for months...