Mobile service providers Mobistar and BASE have begun legal action against the federal government, alleging that it is refusing to pay the fees associated with providing customer details. “We want to co-operate with the justice system, but there are limits,” a spokesperson for Mobistar said. “...

About 1,000 postal workers demonstrated in Brussels yesterday at the office of acting economy minister Johan Vande Lanotte (SP.A). Workers fear that the national post office bpost will lose out on a contract to deliver newspapers, which would result in at least 2,500 jobs lost. “When it comes to...

The giant rock music festival, Rock Werchter, opened its doors to festival-goers at 8.00 on Thursday, 3 July, in Werchter, near Leuven. On Wednesday afternoon, the festival also opened The Hive, Rock Werchter’s main campsite, to festival-goers with an XL camping ticket. The Hive can accommodate 30,...

The number of drink-driving checks fell in 2013 for the first time in six years, reports Het Nieuwsblad . The federal road police tested 258,414 drivers for drink driving in 2013, against 271,000 in 2012. “My officers cannot be deployed in all places at the same time,” said federal road police...

Unions are resorting less to strike action than in the past. The total number of working days lost to strikes in 2013 fell 40% to 205,974, according to new figures from the National Social Security Office, ONSS/RSZ. Although recent strikes by air traffic controllers Belgocontrol and national rail...

So, you’ve made it to Belgium. Now you just need a job. Whatever the circumstances – be it your first job after school, first position in the country or a career change – job hunting can be difficult in Belgium, and even more overwhelming in Brussels, a European capital full of job-seeking expats...

After a dramatic match in the intensely humid Arena Fonta Nove, Salvador, Belgium qualified for the quarter-finals of the World Cup, beating the US 2-1 in extra time. Unlike in previous matches, the Red Devils went on the attack from the start and battled for 90 minutes against the seemingly...

More than 15,000 football fans crammed into Brussels’ Roi Baudouin stadium to see the Belgium-US match in Brazil on Tuesday evening. The stadium’s stand 2 was specially opened to let in an extra 2,000 fans. At the end of the match, at 00.30, Belgium’s Red Cross spokesperson Nany Ferroni said staff...

Brussels Airlines (BA) is increasing the frequency of its flights to six locations in Central and East Africa but is scrapping its scheduled flights to Washington, DC, this winter. Passengers who have already booked on a Washington-bound flight will be provided with alternative travel options...

If the Brussels-Capital Region introduced an ambitious cycling policy, it would be worth €300 to €550 million to the economy and triple the number of cycling-related jobs, a study carried out for Brussel Mobiliteit has concluded. At present, the study said, there are 230 jobs in the region directly...