Police in Brussels are investigating 23 alleged incidents of rape involving men pretending to be taxi drivers. The incidents took place over the last three years in the area of Ter Kamerenbos park and in each case involved a young woman travelling home alone after an evening out in the city. “The...

Staff of the Brussels public transport authority MIVB will demonstrate on Friday morning in front of the Justice Palace in Brussels, in protest of yesterday’s outcome of the trial of a man accused of killing an inspector. The Brussels court found Alexandre Vander Elst guilty of unintentional...

The headlines covering the first week of the Olympics in Sochi have been dominated by photos of unfinished hotel rooms, faulty infrastructure, and exploding budgets, but the main issue closer to home has been chocolate. Until this past weekend, the Belgian delegation was prohibited from brining the...

An investigation by the Federal Police Services focused on the past five years of refuge companies’ activities has uncovered illegal practices. News reports reveal that upwards of 500 refuge companies have been operating without required business licenses to dispose of certain waste materials,...

Patients with a rare or very complex cancer should only be treated in hospitals with a special statute, said the Federal Knowledge Centre for Health Care in a report released yesterday. At the moment, all 119 Belgian hospitals are allowed to treat all kinds of cancers. But pancreatic cancer, for...

A kilometer tax of 7 eurocents within the Brussels Regional Express Network (GEN) zone would decrease traffic by 10%, according to a recent study ordered by the Brussels regional government. The study, carried out by the research company Stratec, revealed that a 7 cent tax would result in...

Hip-hop and dance master Stromae swept Flanders’ Music Industry Awards on Saturday, winning all eight categories for which he was nominated. The wins – for Dance, Solo Male Performer, Pop Performer, Album, Composer, Artwork, Video clip and Hit of the Year (“Formidable”) – are particularly notable...

Air quality in Antwerp, Ghent and Brussels is poor to the point of being unhealthy, while the air quality in the rest of Flanders fails to meet EU limits for fine particulates, according to the latest study by three government agencies: the Inter-regional Environment Office, the Flemish Institute...

During the past five years, just 32 Belgian nationals who had been given jail sentences by foreign courts have been returned to Belgium to serve their sentences here. This is less than 10% of the 388 who had asked to be repatriated. Of those repatriation requests, 311 were rejected, 32 accepted and...

If Brussels continues to experience its unseasonably warm winter temperatures throughout the month of February, it could break current records for mildest winter. Up until now, the mildest winter registered by the Royal Meteorological Institute (RMI) since it began recording in 1833 was the winter...