D-Day for Red Devils fans is almost upon us: tomorrow, Tuesday, June 17, will see the national team play their first match in the World Cup. They will be playing Algeria in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. To catch the action live, the Bulletin is offering, courtesy of ING, 26 free tickets to watch the Red...

Major roadworks will be conducted in Brussels over the summer period that will result in the closure of the Reyers viaduct and the Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark tunnel in Brussels from June 30. Traffic in the capital is generally down 20% in the summer compared to the rest of the year, but the Brussels...

Around 60,000 people took part on Sunday morning in the Ducasse de Mons – or Doudou – a popular festival in Mons dating from the Middle Ages which culminates in a fight between Saint-George (good) and the dragon (evil). Since 2005 the fight and the procession of the Car d’Or which precedes it have...

Industrial action is expected to continue at Delhaize supermarkets across the country today as workers protest against planned store closures and job cuts. Last week, Delhaize announced the closure of 14 stores in Belgium, eight of them in Flanders, and the loss of 2,500 jobs, one in six of the...

N-VA surprised everyone last Saturday with an announcement that Jan Becaus (pictured) would represent them in the Senate. Becaus was a widely respected news anchor for the public broadcaster VRT, known for his professionalism and neutrality, until he resigned last year at the age of 65. Becaus’...

The World Cup kicked off last night with a colourful opening ceremony, predicted win for home country Brazil and protests in cities around the South American country. Here in Belgium it was a quieter affair and the warm weather favoured outdoor screenings in many bars and restaurants. With the Red...

French authorities confirmed on Thursday that the extradition to Belgium of Mehdi Nemmouche, who is suspected of killing four people at the Jewish Museum in Brussels in late May, will be determined on June 26. “I am not opposed to being handed over to the Belgium authorities as long as Belgium can...

Some 420,000 children in Belgium are growing up in a poor family, with most of them living in Wallonia and Brussels. At a colloquium of the King Baudouin Foundation in Bozar on Thursday, speakers stated that 18.7% of children in Belgium are growing up in households with incomes below the European...

Representatives of Delhaize staff are due to meet prime minister Elio Di Rupo today to discuss the company’s announcement of 2,500 jobs losses and the closure of 14 stores across Belgium. Meanwhile, Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijn (AH) opened a new location in Bruges yesterday, the 21st in...

Although attention to multiculturalism is an obligatory part of education in Belgium and the Netherlands, it is mostly taught in schools with many students of foreign origin. That is the principal conclusion of a research project by Ghent University (UGent) and the University of Amsterdam (UvA),...