Welcome to The Bulletin’s new series, Entrepreneurship in Belgium. Every month, Brussels-based communications specialist Meg Stringer will interview an entrepreneur working in Belgium – whether established or just starting out. Why the series? Well, while the streets of London and Berlin are...

Two government bodies in Brussels – the Brussels-Capital Region and the Flemish Community Commission (VGC) – have issued a joint statement saying they will switch to environmentally friendly electric and hybrid vehicles. Brussels-Capital Region said that it will cut its vehicle fleet by 26%, from...

Former cyclo-cross World Champion Niels Albert has announced the end of his professional career after discovering he had potentially life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia problems. The 28-year old from Bonheiden, Antwerp province, said he was told last week that his condition could cause a fatal...

An estimated 10,000 to 15,000 Belgians have lost their voter summons letters for the upcoming elections on May 25. Almost all municipalities across the country have had to create duplicate letters, report Het Belang van Limburg and Het Gazet van Antwerpen. To be able to vote, residents must present...

Last year, 6,461 people living outside of Belgium received disability allowance from Belgian social security, totalling nearly €63 million, reports Het Nieuwsblad . More than 5,600 of those on disability live within the European Union, with the highest number (2,888) residing in France. Disability...

At the end of 2014, Netflix, American provider of on-demand Internet media streaming, will expand its services to include a number of European countries, including Belgium, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and Luxembourg. There has long been speculation about the possible arrival of Netflix in...

Authorities in Morocco have reported the arrest of four men wanted in connection with a number of armed robberies, including the diamond robbery that took place at Brussels Airport in February of last year. The four are wanted for “attempted murder, armed robbery at goods transport warehouses, a...

In 2012, 218 people in Brussels were told that they are HIV positive, 50 less than in 2011. The figures, requested by Brussels MP Bianca Debaets, are the second lowest in the last ten years. One-fifth of the new Brussels HIV patients have Belgian nationality. Between 2010 and 2012, two-thirds of...

Prince Laurent has accepted a mission as goodwill ambassador for the FAO, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, confirms a spokesperson for the Belgian Royal Family. The news comes shortly after Prince Laurent’s emergency hospitalisation in Brussels on March 21. The Prince...

Mechelen’s Kazerne Dossin Memorial, Museum and Documentation Centre on Holocaust and Human Rights has been given a special commendation at the European Museum of the Year Awards (EMYA), which took place in Tallinn, Estonia at the weekend. The jury paired the prize with the Flossenbürg Concentration...