Flemish minister-president Kris Peeters has launched an ambitious plan to cut down on food waste. The goal is to tackle the problem at every stage in food production by creating a “food chain road map” involving six of the biggest organisations involved in food distribution. The world currently...

Flemish opposition party Groen has called for the repeal of Belgium’s law on telecommunications data, after a ruling from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg yesterday. The ECJ said that an EU law, in force since 2006, obliging telecommunications companies to stock information on...

Between December 2012 and December 2013, the average price of electricity fell 24%, while household electricity bills rose steeply, according to the latest report by the energy regulator Creg evaluating the effectiveness of federal energy policies. In the report Energy Minister Melchior Wathelet...

The restaurant concept Brussels in the Sky is returning to the capital. Fans of food in high places can enjoy meals prepared by Belgium’s top chefs at fifty metres above the ground from June 2 to June 29 in the Cinquantenaire park/Jubelpark, Brussels. The original ‘flying restaurant’ concept Dinner...

Last year the Antigifcentrum/Centre antipoisons recorded 538 carbon monoxide poisoning accidents that killed 26 and harmfully affected 1,251 people. In 2012, the centre reported 1,240 casualties and 23 fatalities. Overall, though, the number of carbon monoxide poisoning accidents has fallen...

Earlier this week, the European Commission presented the findings of the Epilobee study, the most comprehensive research project ever on the mortality of cultivated bee colonies in Europe. According to the research, 33.6% of bees in Belgium did not survive the winter of 2012-2013, which was the...

The national rail company SNCB/NMBS has recorded a net loss of €330.7 million in 2013, more than double the loss it made in 2012. The heavy loss has been attributed largely to the company writing off €134 million from its concern in the independent logistics subsidiary SNCB/NMBS Logistics. The...

The car park on the E40 at Westkerke between Bruges and Nieuwpoort, will close in June for six months, Flemish mobility minister Hilde Crevits said, in an effort to put an end to illegal activities taking place there. The car park has no services or sanitary facilities, making it the perfect spot,...

Since March 31, the rules governing personalised number plates have been relaxed. The vehicle registration service, DIV, has already received 986 requests for a personalised number plate since the new rules came in. In the past, personalised number plates had to start with the number 9, but the...