In Brussels, the majority of tweets, or messages sent via social networking service Twitter, come from the city centre, according to an update of the Twitter map of the world, created by American software developer Eric Fischer, reports brusselnieuws.be. According to the map , Brussels is Belgium’s...

There are more than 1 million company cars on Belgian roads, including taxis, vans and passenger cars. It is the passenger cars that are the biggest problem, contributing to more traffic and pollution, according to the Federation for a Better Environment, the Flemish League against Cancer and the...

With 25,306 employees in 2013, Bpost maintains its position as Belgium's largest employer, despite ending last year with 11,000 fewer domestic jobs than in 2012, according to Trends magazine’s Top 2015, Belga reports. Also known as the Belgian Post Group, Bpost is the Belgian company responsible...

One advantage that is often overlooked when making Belgium your roost for a few years – or even a lifetime, as the case may be – is easy access to one of the best, oldest and most affordable university systems in Europe. With a little extra time, and often not much money, you can study nearly...

Police in Marseilles have detained five people for questioning in connection with the shootings at the Jewish Museum in Brussels last May, which left four dead. The man suspected of firing the shots, French national Mehdi Nemmouche, was arrested in Marseilles a week after the attack and is in...

A plan to create a new contemporary art museum in the canal zone in Brussels appeared to have come to an end yesterday, after state secretary Elke Sleurs said that the existing modern art collection should return to the Royal Museums of Fine Arts. The statement also signalled the end of the new Fin...

Belgium has received an official request to send Belgian troops to Iraq, to help train the Iraqi troops and offer support in the fight against the jihadists of the Islamic State (IS), according to a report in Le Soir , confirmed by Foreign Affairs Minister Didier Reynders. US General James Terry...

According to a report by the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), an alliance of the world’s wealthiest countries, Belgium’s income tax burden is 10% higher than the average tax burden of 34.1% in all 34 OECD countries. The tax burden, or the entirety of tax revenues...

A new micro-brewery is set to open in Brussels’ Dansaert district. Brussels Beer Project has purchased a former brewery near the canal and intends to begin brewing there from next summer. They will also launch a new crowdfunding operation to raise money for the initiative, reports brusselnieuws.be...

The European Commission is looking into the possibility of taking up office space in the Flemish periphery around Brussels. EU administration needs to find two new buildings – a 30,000 square-metre office building that would be available in 2019, and a larger complex offering 100,000 square metres...