Forget about issues with the Euro, Belgians are about to get an alternative currency to exchange at home. The Dutch bitcoin exchange Bitplaats has announced its plans to expand business into Belgium. Belgian bitcoin users will now be able to trade the digital currency using the Bancontact/Mister...

Belgian cinema’s “Tax Shelter” is undergoing a review to ensure rules are not abused in the future. Belgium’s Finance Minister Koen Geens says that he intends on making adjustments to the film industry’s beneficial tax structure that will continue aiding in the production of movies, but he wants to...

Entomophagy, or the eating of bugs, is widely regarded as one of the most promising solutions to increasing environmental pressure, worldwide food insecurity and the rising cost of animal protein. Edible insects, which require minimal space to breed and produce no greenhouse gases, are 40 to 70%...

Brussels’ holiday market Winterpret has been voted the third-best in Europe by visitors of the travel website Best Destination, coming in behind Dresden and Strasbourg and ahead of Lille and Cologne. As the event closed down last week, it was announced that 1.5 million people had visited Winterpret...

The country’s leading politicians met yesterday in the prime minister’s Brussels residence to sign a landmark constitution reform that will fundamentally change the structure of Belgium. Known as the sixth state reform, the document contains 82 new laws approved by all eight political parties that...

According to the latest figures, youth unemployment in Belgium’s capital dipped below the 30% mark in December. A positive sign, but small, considering Brussels continues to hold among Europe’s highest youth unemployment rates at 29.4%. Although the news may seem inconsequential to those 25 and...

A museum and can’t miss monument welcome visitors to the historic Battle of Waterloo site, home to Napoleon’s defeat and an end to 23 years of war between England and France. But close by, and paid little fan-fare, exists a building that played a significant role in the decisive victory for England...

The fossil remains of one of the earliest ancestors of modern carnivorous animals have been found in Dormaal, east of Brussels. The tiny species, Dormaalocyon latouri, weighed only one kilogram and lived in the trees. Although a distant descendent of larger carnivores, such as lions and tigers, and...

Groups representing the rights of the gay and lesbian community have called on the federal government to keep its promise regarding the automatic right to co-motherhood for lesbian couples. Speaking at a New Year reception in Antwerp at the weekend, Het Roze Huis and Çavaria expressed concern that...

Staff at LSG Sky Chefs at Brussels Airport have returned to work after downing tools on Saturday following an accident in which a colleague was killed. The man, employed as a driver, died after being struck on the tarmac by a truck from the company that was backing up. The accident took place...