Netflix, the movie and television show rental service that offers media to subscribers via internet, will start in September in Belgium and five other European countries. The company currently has 50 million subscribers worldwide, the US company announced during the presentation of its quarterly...

The final obstacle to the formation of a Brussels government was overcome last weekend when the French-speaking Christian-democrat party CDH voted to join the coalition. The decision means the Brussels government will be composed of the Flemish parties Open VLD, SP.A and CD&V, with the French-...

Uber, the app that “connects drivers with passengers at the touch of a button” is in the ice cream delivery business for one day only. Uber launched its popular annual ice cream day several years ago. Last year, 33 cities around the world enjoyed ice cream on demand via Uber. This year, that number...

For the second time ever, the Belgian show jumping team has won the prestigious Mercedes Benz Nations Cup in Aachen. The team consists of four rising stars in international show jumping: Pieter Devos (Dream of India Greenfield), Ludo Philippaerts (Challenge of Begijnakker), Jos Verlooy (Domino) and...

It’s fireworks and fiesta as Belgium celebrates its national day on Monday. Now a firm fixture in Brussels, the Bal National on Sunday evening is an old-fashioned knees-up in the lively Marolles district. Even the royal family, including Philippe and Mathilde, have promised to drop in. Opening the...

The government is working on a contingency plan to ensure there will be enough energy to supply all households and companies in Belgium with power this winter. The reserve intended to see us through harsh winter peaks is not sufficient, according to De Standaard . Electricity companies EDF Luminus...

Belgium’s nuclear tax is legal and electricity providers Electrabel, EDF Luminus and EDF Belgium must pay it, the Constitutional Court has ruled. The tax was introduced to claw back some of the large profits made by Electrabel and EDF from nuclear power stations, the cost of which had already been...

Researchers working in the basement of the Royal Museum of Central Africa in Tervuren have discovered a nest of spiders of a sort never before seen in Belgium. The museum has been closed since December for major renovations and is due to remain closed until the second half of 2016. Oecobius...

The authors’ and composers’ rights society Sabam is to send a bill to the mayor of Landen in Flemish Brabant, who came under fire this week for using a barrage of loud music to chase a group of travellers from land in the municipality. Socialist mayor Gino Debroux said later he “understood the...

Belgians tend to think they are good drivers, despite the fact that they pick up a large number of fines in other countries and score rather badly in accident statistics, according to figures from the motoring organisation VAB. The organisation asked 2,000 Belgians to rate their own driving ability...