The French-speaking liberal party MR proposes to introduce a tax on all flights flying over Brussels, writes La Libre Belgique . The tax, which would affect flights in and out of Brussels Airport, would amount to at least €10 per flight, plus an additional surcharge according to the noise level and...

Switzerland is the best place in the world to grow old, according to the annual Global AgeWatch Index. Belgium is in 24th place in the 2015 list, just behind Estonia and the Czech Republic. The list of the world's 'best places to grow old' - an initiative of HelpAge International, an NGO that helps...

Unions representing the staff of the Flemish public broadcaster VRT have threatened to shut down all services next Tuesday if a planned meeting of the board on Monday approves the restructuring plans leaked earlier this week. The document contains notice of the loss of 286 jobs over the course of...

The Institute for Tropical Medicine (ITM) in Antwerp is has launched the Be-PrEP-ared study, the first Flemish research project on the applicability of preventative HIV medication. The researchers hope that the study, which focuses on gay men, can help to reduce the high number of new HIV...

As a young lad with no specific training, Wim Vandekeybus successfully auditioned for Jan Fabre’s The Power of Theatrical Madness in the mid-1980s. Only a year later, Vandekeybus founded his own dance company, Ultima Vez. The Belgian’s first production, What the Body Does Not Remember , immediately...

So far, more than 600 people have signed an online petition for the preservation of two local cafés located on Brussels' Place de la Liberté. Multinational AB InBev wants to replace both bars with a large brasserie, writes brusselnieuws.be. AB InBev's plans for the site would require the demolition...

Refugees from a war zone, including many of those currently fleeing the conflict in Syria, should be allowed to work after being in Belgium for four months, federal labour minister Kris Peeters has proposed. The idea has received support from both unions and employers, said his office. At present,...

Brussels Airport enjoyed its best summer season ever this year, carrying 4.9 million passengers in July and August – 5.1% more than last year, management has announced. The airport started July on a high note, with growth in the first six months of the year up 10% on the same period in 2014. By the...

In the first eight months of this year, there has not been a single successful escape from a Belgian prison. The last escape in the country was 18 months ago. In 2014 there were five escapes, markedly less than in 2013 and 2012 when there were 12 and 14 jailbreaks. In 2011, there were even 24...

Between April 2014 and March 2015, Belgians spent a total of €7.8 billion on holiday travel, according to the results of a survey of 5,250 Belgians by market research company WES. The number of trips taken (13.9 million with at least one overnight stay) was as high as the year before, but Belgians...