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IS threatens Belgium in video message

Barack Obama, France and “its sister” Belgium are the subject of threats from Islamic State (IS) in a video circulating on the internet. In the video Islamic State threatens Belgium with attacks. “We are warning you that we will come to you with car bombs and explosives,” states an IS member before...

Regions plan monthly meetings to tackle major challenges

The regional governments of Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia will come together with the federal government every month for meetings of the Joint Committee to discuss the country’s major challenges such as the budget and terrorism. During a meeting of the Joint Committee yesterday, prime minister...

Best tourism projects in Flanders announced

On Tuesday Toerisme Vlaanderen (Flanders Tourism) announced the winners of its 2014 Toerisme Vlaanderen awards. Notable winners included the Ghent Design Museum and the Botel cargo ship in Ophoven, Limburg province. Each year Toerisme Vlaanderen seeks out inspiring tourism projects, products and...

Experts demand more support for chronic fatigue research

Experts from the universities of Brussels, Leuven, Ghent and Antwerp have written to the ministers of public health and science and innovation to demand more support for research on chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), which they say is still an underestimated and little-studied disorder. According to...

Identity cards: Are you Belgian or are you special?

If you’ve moved to Belgium to work for a European or international organisation, such as the European Commission, Nato, or a non-governmental organisation (NGO), then you’ve got a choice to make — will you be Belgian or will you be “special”? Of course, this question is in reference to the type of...

Entrepreneurship in Belgium: Brussels' coffee connoisseur

Name: François Lafontaine Nationality: Belgian Age: 40 Location: Brussels Sector: Cafe The World Economic Forum recently reported that Belgians are less interested in entrepreneurship these days. François Lafontaine is certainly not among this crowd. Although you probably won’t recognise his name,...

Belgian leaders in Auschwitz for 70th anniversary of liberation

Belgian politicians and royalty travelled to Auschwitz, in the south of Poland, yesterday to attend the ceremony held on the site of the Nazi concentration camp where more than one million people died during World War Two. In 2005, 27 January was designated by the United Nations as International...

Country’s largest passive office building opens at Tour & Taxis

Belgium’s largest entirely passive office building was inaugurated on Tuesday on the site of Tour & Taxis in Brussels. Fittingly nicknamed “the toaster” because of its unusual shape, the building is the new headquarters of Leefmilieu Brussel, the region’s environmental agency. The building is...

Beer and bus prices to rise on 1 February

February 1 will see a number of changes in Belgium. They include: Beer The price of several beers brewed by Alken-Maes and InBev will go up on 1 February. Alken-Maes says its price increases will depend on the product and that it will be up to café owners and supermarkets to decide whether to pass...

Budget for cycling in Brussels doubled

Brussels mobility minister Pascal Smet wants cycling in Brussels to go up another gear and has doubled the budget for the construction of cycle paths from €6 to €12 million for 2015. The move comes in the wake of new figures which show that cycling is on the increase in Brussels. According to road...

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