A patient who opts for a single room in a hospital in Flanders rarely pays a supplement of more than 100% of the total bill. In Wallonia and Brussels, however, single rooms often come with supplemental fees of 150% and even up to 400%, according to figures from the Christian Mutuality (CM), which...

The Belgian police have recalled 6,000 guns from officers across the country . The weapons all need to be checked and possibly repaired after one of the guns had a firing pin block. The recalled guns are of the type MP9 (Military & Police), a semi-automatic pistol made by American company Smith...

SNCB/NMBS will not scrap post-midnight trains out of Brussels as of December 14, as originally announced. The Belgian rail company will continue to offer trains from Brussels to several Flemish cities after midnight . The new transport plan presented by SNCB earlier this year caused uproar among...

Katlijn Malfliet, vice rector of the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), is protesting against P-Magazine ’s request to Belgian student associations to send in revealing photos of attractive female students. The magazine will put the winning student on the cover and throw a “cantus” party – a...

Welcome to The Bulletin’s series, Entrepreneurship in Belgium. Every month, Brussels-based communications specialist Meg Stringer interviews an entrepreneur working in Belgium – whether established or just starting out. Name: Michel Devriendt Nationality: Belgian Age: 42 Location: Brussels Sector:...

A man from Antwerp who went to Syria to fight with Islamist rebels had access to technical areas of the nuclear power plant at Doel in East Flanders, according to an investigation by VTM News. Ilyass Boughalab, 26, worked as a technician with the subcontractor Vincotte. The company carries out...

The weekend’s public opening of a reconstructed pontoon bridge over the river Scheldt in central Antwerp was a major event in the city’s commemorations of the First World War, but it became chaotic, as tens of thousands of visitors who had bought tickets were turned away, including the city’s own...

More horses are ending up in Belgian shelters than ever before, reports Bit magazine. This year, 70 horses have been taken to the Old Horses Lodge in Laarne, an organisation that provides shelter to unwanted horses. "We especially get a lot of confiscated horses," Marina Tondeleier told deredactie...

A Belgian F-16 fighter jet launched an attack on a "terrorist element” in Iraq, according to the Belgian Ministry of Defence. It is the first time that Belgians execute an attack as part of the anti-ISIS (Islamic State) mission, an international coalition against ultra-radical Islamist militants in...

On Sunday, around 365 Belgian companies opened their doors to the public during the annual Open Company Day. Some 650,000 people took advantage of the opportunity to have a look behind the scenes and see how their favourite products are made, reports deredactie.be. The first Sunday of October is...