Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders spoke of working toward a renewed trust Sunday after he met with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran. Didier was visiting Iran in an effort to strengthen the two countries’ relationship in light of ongoing nuclear talks. The moderate Rouhani has been...

Belgium’s aspirations for success at Euro 2016 took a step in the right direction this weekend in Nice when the luck of the draw placed the Red Devils in a group sans football’s European powerhouses. The good fortune placed them in a group made up of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Israel, Wales, Cyprus and...

What do you do? I’m a communications manager at EVA (Ethic Vegetarian Alternatives), an organisation that helps keep people informed about eating vegetarian. We have a trimestral magazine and a website, but we also organize cooking workshops, gastronomic dinners and consulting sessions for cooks...

As the Winter Games begin rounding up in Sochi, it appears that Belgian athletes will come home without a single medal. Speed skater Bart Swings came closest, finishing fourthin the 5,000 metres, fifthin the 10,000m and 10th in the 1,500m. There were high hopes for the women’s bobsleigh team, made...

The European Commission is concerned that Belgium is not properly limiting its citizens’ exposure to the particle matter known as PM10. Particulate matter is a mixture of solid particles and liquid droplets in the air that includes aerosols, smoke, fumes, dust, ash and pollen. The PM10 particles...

According to federal mobility minister Melchior Wathelet, the number of road deaths across Belgium in 2013 was 6.5% lower than in 2012, from 672 deaths to 628 – the lowest annual total ever. The number of injuries also fell, from 56,451 to 53,184 – a drop of 5.8%. The Brussels-Capital Region,...

According to the Centre of Equal Opportunities and the Fight Against Racism, four in 10 real estate agents discriminate against clients of foreign descent. The statistic comes from the Centre’s “Diversity Barometer” project with the Federal Ministry of Equal Opportunities, Belgium’s three regional...

The integration department of the City of Ghent is co-operating with the University College Ghent (HoGent) to set up a container classroom on a caravan terrain in the city. The city is investing €10,000 on the classroom for children of travelling communities, mostly Roma people, who have set up...