Vital Kamerhe ( pictured ), opposition leader and president of the Union for the Congolese Nation (UNC) has requested Belgium’s help with the electoral process in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), scheduled for November 2016. "We ask that Belgium act as our Ambassador to the European Union,"...

Vital Kamerhe ( pictured ), opposition leader and president of the Union for the Congolese Nation (UNC) has requested Belgium’s help with the electoral process in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), scheduled for November 2016. "We ask that Belgium act as our Ambassador to the European Union,"...

Flanders’ employment minister, Philippe Muyters, has been called on to clamp down on widespread discrimination against foreigners in the service cheques sector. According to research conducted by the Vlaams Minderhedenforum (Flemish Minority Forum), many companies in the sector follow clients’...

Did you know that internet giants like Amazon and Facebook update the software behind their websites every few seconds? Researchers from the universities of Antwerp (UA) and Brussels (VUB) have now developed a toolkit that prevents bugs slipping in during these continuous update cycles. By updating...

Wallonia supplies Flanders with about one-fifth of its total annual water demand. But according to Walloon environment minister Carlo Di Antonio (CDH), Flanders intends to become more independent of Walloon sources in the coming years, reports Knack . Wallonia supplies Flanders with about 80...

It’s the final weekend of the animation film festival Anima 2015 at Flagey with a full programme of screenings and events. They include the classic Les Moomins dur la Riviera, Bob L’eponge and Cartoon d’Or, five films nominated for the European award (in French with English subtitles) plus the...

Scouting is a popular activity for children in Belgium, as anyone who has been to a Brussels park on a sunny Saturday or Sunday can tell you. There you see them, dressed in brown or green or blue with cheerful bandanas tied loosely around their necks. They appear in hordes in tram and metro cars,...

A man threw acid in the face of a cleaning woman at a Delhaize store in Antwerp last Friday morning. The assailant is still at large, but police have issued a description and photos taken from security camera footage ( pictured ). The attack happened in the Antwerp Zuid branch in Museumstraat. The...

Brussels can add another running competition to its name, the 10km of Brussels. The first event is scheduled for 19 April, starting from King Baudouin Stadium, with a finish line at Palais 12concert hall in the Heysel district in the north of the city, reports brusselnieuws.be. The new 10km race...

About 7% of lecturers who teach in English at Flemish universities or colleges failed or refused to take the compulsory language test to prove sufficient knowledge of the language. The test was introduced by Flanders’ previous education minister Pascal Smet. Across Flanders and including The Free...