A Brussels investigating magistrate has accused HSBC Bank of “serious and organised” tax fraud, money laundering, criminal conspiracy and illegally acting as a financial intermediary. The accusation falls short of actual criminal charges but is announced in order to give the suspect a chance to...

Flemish culture minister Sven Gatz wants to hold a round table discussion to improve cultural co-operation in Brussels. Normally culture in Brussels is sharply divided between the Dutch-language and French-language communities, with just a few organisations such as Bozar and Flagey successfully...

As it is now in Belgium, the biggest portion of your assets following your death automatically goes to your children. But that is about to change, according to Minister of Justice Koen Geens (CD&V). Geens is working on a relaxation of the inheritance law in Belgium. Parents who draw up a will...

The Christmas tree erected annually on Brussels’ Grand Place traditionally comes from the Ardennes, in the south of Belgium. But this year the tree comes from the Tireliwoud, near the Latvian capital Riga. The 18-metre high fir was felled yesterday morning and made a nearly 2,000-km journey to...

Individuals can now apply for a .brussels domain name up until December 15. All that is needed are a Belgian eID and eID card reader, reports Brusselnieuws.be. For the initiative, the Brussels-Capital Region’s digital presence, visit.brussels, has joined forces with top-level domain name...

Belgian Red Devils trainer Marc Wilmots is happy with the result of yesterday’s European Championship qualifier match against Wales, which ended in a 0-0 draw. “We had bad luck,” he said, according to fcupdate.nl. "I saw a lot of good things: pressure up-front, a strong organisation in the back and...

The blacklist containing the names of people in Belgium who have defaulted on one or more loans should be expanded, according to the policy statement of federal consumer affairs minister, Kris Peeters. The blacklist, maintained by the Central Individual Credit Register (CKP) of the National Bank of...

Belgium urgently needs to appoint a national diabetes co-ordinator, according to Johan Wens, GP and part-time lecturer at Antwerp University. His opinion was published last Friday, World Diabetes Day, in the medical professional magazine De Artsenkrant . According to De Artsenkrant , diabetes is...

Meyrem Almaci has been elected as the new president of the Flemish party Groen, with 60% of the vote at a party congress in Brussels. Her opponent, Elke Van den Brandt, obtained 40% of the total 761 votes cast. Almaci ( pictured ) succeeds Wouter Van Besien, who announced his resignation in August...

Belgian documentaries are in the spotlight in Le Week-end du doc until Sunday across Brussels and Wallonia. With 135 screenings in more than 80 venues: 42 in Brussels and 41 in Wallonia, the second edition of the event showcases the depth and diversity of francophone documentary films – a too-...