When 30-year-old Delphine Thizy, a consultant in social performance, moved from France to Brussels four years ago, she settled down on Rue de l’Aqueduc. A year later, she moved with her Italian boyfriend to an apartment on Rue du Bailli, above one of the street's many hairdressers. “Rent is quite...

What do you do? Since 2008 I have been working as a Helpdesk officer in the Information Department of a rehabilitation hospital. Together with 2 other colleagues, we resolve various IT problems and do network maintenance. Do you enjoy the work? Yes definitely. The work varies, with some days being...

A new study reveals that the Brussels-Capital Region is among the most prosperous regions in the EU. According to Europe’s statistics agency Eurostat, the Brussels region sits third behind London and Luxemburg. The Eurostat study looked at the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita among 272 areas...

Irish low-cost airline Ryanair began its first flights yesterday from Brussels Airport against a background of union protests. Unions representing workers at the airport in Zaventem were protesting Ryanair’s use of Irish labour laws for their pilots and other staff, many of whom are resident in...

Opposition to Belgium’s controversial child euthanasia bill, which passed through parliament earlier this month, is now targeting the country’s king to stop it from becoming law. More than 200,000 European citizens from 20 different countries have signed a petition asking King Philippe not to sign...

Belgium received some positive financial news today, as Standard and Poor's elevated its credit rating from the depths of despair, slowly returning it to credibility. The credit rating agency has raised the country’s sovereign credit outlook to stable, from its previous negative standing, due to...

Two of the residents of Boom in Antwerp province who are bringing a lawsuit against the second weekend of the Tomorrowland dance festival have themselves bought tickets for the event, according to VTM News. Tomorrowland, one of the most successful and popular dance music festivals in the world,...

On the eve of the February 28 , the voter registration deadline for EU expats residing in Belgium, The Bulletin sets out to investigate why 92% of 690,000 eligible European voters have not (yet) enrolled to vote in Belgium’s three regions for European Parliament elections. 90 days to go! So begins...

Belgium is at the centre of World War One centenary commemorations this year. One of the first major exhibitions on the conflict is now open at the Royal Museum of the Army and of Military History, 14-18, It’s Our History! , and continues until April 26, 2015. It’s ambition is to explain the impact...