The number of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in Belgium continues to rise, according to figures from the Scientific Institute of Public Health, reports Le Soir . Chlamydia is the most common STD in Belgium, with a sharp increase in the number of cases in Flanders between 2002 and 2013, from 8...

Thirteen-year-old Saranjit Singh from Sint-Truiden, Limburg province, is allowed to continue wearing a turban to school, according to a ruling by the Council of State. Singh, who attends the Atheneum Sint-Truiden, has Indian roots and is a Sikh, a follower of a religion that requires hair be kept...

More than one in five new students at the Huis van het Nederlands (House of Dutch) in Brussels is an expat, according to figures from the previous school year. "Expats are increasingly aware that knowledge of the Dutch language is an added value in the job market," says director Gunther Van Neste...

Counting down to the Bake Off competition, amateur bakers across the capital are testing final recipes in the hope of wowing judges on October 27. Each office team was placed in one of four categories at the British Chamber of Commerce’s launch event on September 22: cakes, European goodies,...

The federal police last year recorded 49,988 stolen mobile phones, or an average of 137 per day, a record high, the SudPresse newspapers report. In 2012, 46,770 phones were registered as stolen, compared with 43,922 in 2011 and 40,804 in 2010. The numbers are likely even higher, as many victims of...

The unions behind Brussels Airlines want to see more being done to ensure staff safety, as it is currently one of the few airlines continuing service to West Africa. The union requests that the flights to Ebola-risk areas be reduced or suspended, the VRT reports. During consultations between unions...

Crowdfunding, the practice of financing a new business venture with small contributions from a large number of people, is not popular in Belgium. Last year, businesses and entrepreneurs raised just €1.1 million via crowdfunding, according to figures from the consultancy Douw & Koren, reports De...

Surgeons at the University Hospital Leuven (UZ Leuven) have succeeded in placing a new cardiac valve in a one-year-old baby via a catheter in the liver, which is a world first. Just after birth, the baby received a new cardiac valve via open-heart surgery. “This valve, however, quickly broke down,...

The opening session of the new Belgian parliament was overshadowed by criticism of two N-VA members of the Michel government. Interior minister Jan Jambon ( pictured ) was strongly criticised by opposition MPs for an interview this week in which he said that wartime collaboration with the Nazis was...