Belgium suffered five times more casualties in the First World War than previously thought, according to the results of a research project in which volunteers across the country counted the names on war memorials in every municipality. “Results showed that not 5,000 Belgian citizens were killed...

One hundred years to the day after the German Army marched into Belgium, world leaders gathered in collective remembrance of the conflict that cost the lives of 10 million soldiers. Foreign heads of state and delegations visited Liège, Leuven and Mons yesterday in a flagship day for Belgium’s four-...

Currently in Belgium there are about 103,000 self-employed 20-somethings, an increase of 10% compared to last year, reports Het Nieuwsblad based on figures from the National Institute for Social Insurance for Independents (RSVZ/INASTI). The increased interest could be partially due to the...

According to the Price Observatory’s quarterly report, published by the Belgian Federal Institute of National Accounts (INR), real estate in Belgium is 9% overvalued. The figures do not take into account the quality of the houses, but their net worth compared to average incomes. The report also...

The Brussels municipality of Ixelles has established a set of rules for people who feed feral cats, and mapped out specified feeding posts so that the cats can be sterilised more easily, reports Brusselnieuws.be. The municipality already has 10 candidates who are responsible for regularly feeding...

King Philippe and Queen Mathilde this morning welcomed a gathering of world leaders and royal figures in Liège to mark the anniversary of the start of the First World War. Today is the 100th anniversary of the invasion of Belgium by German forces, and the start of the First World War, triggered by...

Belgians waste a lot of time and money commuting to and from work by car every day, and the traffic jams are getting worse every year. A new report by the Policy Research Centre on Commodity and Passenger flows (MOBILO) offers a clear solution to relieve congestion in urban areas: road pricing, or...

Belgium will assist in the repatriation mission of flight MH17 which crashed in Eastern Ukraine on July 17. At the request of the Netherlands, Belgium is sending two search-and-rescue dogs and their guides to the site of the crash. The crew will stay there at least until August 10, says the Belgian...

The era of the public telephone box has reached its end in Belgium. By next year there will no longer be any public phone boxes available, Belgacom spokesman Jan Margot confirmed in Het Nieuwsblad . Belgacom has decided to remove the last 1,000 or so remaining boxes. Belgacom had previously...