What do you do for work and how much do you earn? I’m a mechanic in a garage. I change brakes, do maintenance, replace tyres, etc. My day is very varied. I earn €1550 net per month. Do you enjoy your work? Very much! I like tinkering with cars and I love working with my hands. Definitely after a...

A decision on the method to carry out the works on the Leopold II tunnel in Brussels will be taken in September, Pascal Smet, mobility minister in the Brussels regional government, told the parliament’s infrastructure committee. Plans for the renovation of the country’s longest tunnel had been...

The mayors of the municipalities along the Belgian coast have asked the train drivers’ union ASTB to lift their threat to strike every Saturday during the summer holiday period. ASTB drivers are planning the day-long strikes – on 18 and 25 July and every Saturday in August – because their ongoing...

The Belgian Road Safety Institute (BRSI) sorted the 3.3 million speeding fines handed out last year to drivers in Belgium according to car brand and model. The results show that the drivers of certain vehicles are more likely to ignore the speed limit, according to an infographic ( pictured ) in...

In Belgium last year 72 people were arrested on suspicion of terrorism, compared to 20 people in 2013, according to Europol’s EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 2015, reports De Standaard . The sharp increase is a direct response to the 2014 attack on the Jewish Museum in Brussels, and a...

The first Brussels edition of the DH Urban Trail race took place on Sunday, with more than 4,000 athletes participating with a run along some of the city’s most popular cultural spots. The route began and ended at Mont des Arts, and passed by Eldorado Hall in the UGC De Brouckère, writes...

The end is nigh for Fat Boy's, one of the most popular bars for expats in Brussels. The American sports bar at Place du Luxembourg is scheduled to close in late August, when its contract expires with the building’s owner, brewing giant InBev, which has other plans for the property. Fat Boy’s...

The Brussels-Capital Region has decided to file a conflict of interest procedure against the federal government over the number of flights from Brussels Airport taking the canal route over heavily populated areas of the city. The procedure claims that a decision was taken at federal level that has...

Two men were arrested at Brussels Airport on Saturday morning for possession of 4.18 kg of heroin, found hidden in their luggage under false bottoms, according to the prosecutor's office of Halle-Vilvoorde. The two men, a 43-year-old British national and a 42-year-old Irish national, were carrying...

The team of architects tasked with converting Brussels’ old stock exchange building into a modern-day Beer Temple has revealed plans to create a new opening at the back of the protected building. The daring proposal is sure to cause a stir among all vested parties, writes brusselnieuws.be. Under...