Brussels’ newest museum opened its doors this past weekend. The Fin-de-Siècle Museum is dedicated to the period between 1865 and 1914. During these years Brussels became an artistic as well as political capital, thanks to so many indefatigably modernist young Belgians. Among them were visual...

The gap in Belgium is narrower than in the EU as a whole, where the difference is 16.2%, also the same as in 2010. Women in Europe are therefore working 59 days in the year for nothing, said Viviane Reding, commissioner for citizenship and fundamental rights. “We have laws that guarantee equal pay...

Another work by the artist, whose real name Georges Rémi, also fetched six figures: a series of six panels in Indian ink from the Tintin album Prisoners of the Sun was sold at the same sale, organised by Millon, for €114,948. The sale was dedicated to original works by strip artists, including...

In December of 2014, the new pitch will be inaugurated with an International Christmas Truce tournament, marking the centenary of the many unofficial cease-fires that took place around Christmas 1914 between German and British soldiers. The period is famous for seeing the mingling of the two sides...

By using carbon-based materials, Vermeulen is working to improve the energy efficiency of lasers on a chip that emit a wide variety of colours, making them fit for large-scale applications. The light sources on chips could be used for biomedical purposes, for example, making sure that diabetes...

Electrawinds is currently in talks to strengthen its capital base and find new investors, and the filing aims to allow those negotiations to go ahead without the pressure of demands from creditors of the company’s €362 million debt. Last Friday, €40 million in bank debt fell due, and another €77...

Last spring, Unizo, the organisation that represented the self-employed and small businesses in Flanders, launched the Handmade in Belgium (HIB) labels, awarding one designer in every Flemish province a label. Last week, leather goods maker Niyona became the first business in Brussels to receive...

Marc Wilmots’ Belgian side secured one of the kindest draws possible for the World Cup finals in Brazil next year, matched with Russia, Algeria and South Korea in the group stage. Although Belgium slipped from fifth to 11th place in this month’s FIFA ranking, all three of its rivals in Group H are...

John Heldenbergh, who co-wrote the original stage play for Compagnie Cecilia, was nominated as best actor, while Felix van Groeningen was nominated for best director and (with Carl Joos) for best screenplay. Finally, the movie received a best film nomination, a category which ultimately won by...