The Belgian federal government has presented the details of its tax shift - a rearrangement of taxation aimed at allowing workers to take home more at the end of the month by shifting the burden of taxation elsewhere. Among the measures is a tax on soft drinks. Between now and 2019, those on lower...

Did you know that Mechelen was once the centre of this country’s fledgling rail network? That Antwerp’s beautiful Central Station was almost demolished after the Second World War? Or that Victor Horta worked on Brussels Central until he was 84? As the oldest station still in its original state, on...

The websites of Prime Minister Charles Michel and the Brussels regional parliament were hacked on Saturday by hacker collective Anonymous Belgium, which proudly claimed responsibility for hacking the prime minister's site via Twitter with a tweet in French. "The Belgian government challenged us,”...

A dog named Elvis ( pictured ) was elected Brussels' 'Most Beautiful Zinneke of 2015' on Saturday in the third edition of the contest organised by the Prince Laurent Foundation and merchants from the Marché aux Poissons. The name of the contest refers to the Zinneke Pis, a statue of a urinating dog...

Music With Europalia Turkey now underway, one of the first musical events of the four-month festival is an evening dedicated to two masters of traditional folk this evening (Friday). La Nuit du Kemençe presents two international musicians, the Turk Derya Turkan and Sokratis Sinopoulos from Greece...

Bus drivers in Brussels are being trained to adopt a smoother and more environmentally friendly driving style, with a new on-board device that measures the way they accelerate, brake and handle corners. The system, called EcoDrive, has allowed metro trains to cut their energy consumption by 15%...

The number of different company structures available in Belgium needs to be reduced from 18 to just four, according to federal justice minister Koen Geens. The minister intends to submit a proposal, first launched by the Belgian Centre for Company Law, to the council of federal ministers. The...

The multidisciplinary arts biennial Europalia opened this week, and runs until the end of January, with Turkey as its guest country. About 200 events that shine a spotlight on the country’s heritage and contemporary arts scene are being staged around the country. Forming the backbone of the...

A rail strike in the Brussels region is affecting trains across Belgium, as well as international services to London, Paris, Amsterdam and Cologne. The walkout by drivers at Belgian rail operator SNCB began at 22.00 on Thursday and runs until the end of Friday evening. There are no Eurostar...

Visitors to the Magritte Museum, located in the heart of Brussels, can expect to be checked for possession of pencils upon entry. La Libre Belgique calls it "Belgian surrealism" and says the measure is to do with funding cuts to Brussels arts and cultural organisations. "We simply do not have...