Delphine Boël, the Belgian artist who made headlines earlier this month when she demanded that Belgium’s royal family submit to DNA tests to confirm her claims that she is the illegitimate daughter of recently-abdicated King Albert II, is one of the brightest attractions at this week’s Art...

The Belgian Brewers' Federation has submitted an appeal to the European Commission, challenging the French government's decision to raise the tax on beer by 160% at the beginning of the year, writes Tax News’ Ulrika Lomas . The Brewers of Europe association has followed suit. The French government...

The owners of Music Village like to claim that the sophisticated club, a stone's throw from the Grand' Place, caters to jazz lovers while “giving non-connoisseurs an opportunity to fall in love with jazz”. Swing is a genre which tends to unite buffs and novices, and Buster & the Swing Quintet...

The total cost of traffic jams in Brussels is as high as €511m a year, the Brussels Chamber of Commerce (BECI) has calculated. Le Soir and De Standaard report that, in its white paper on efficient mobility, the BECI calls on politicians and public transport to act quickly. The chamber of commerce...

Belgian police have launched an inquiry after the body of a father-of-two from Scotland was found at a dump in Tienen, Flemish Brabant, reports the Evening Telegraph . Investigators are pursuing the theory that Norman Hart was crushed to death after the bin he was sleeping in was picked up by a...

Car manufacturer Ford has said in an official statement that closing its plants in Genk, Southampton and Dagenham would cost US$1.2bn (€900m). In the press release, the Ford Motor Company states that US419m (€316m) had been released in the second quarter for the implementation of social plans in...

A maintenance working employed by the town of Tubize, Walloon Brabant, claims the council owes him 8,000 hours of unpaid overtime accumulated over three decades. The town council had originally agreed to acknowledge and address the situation before last year’s local elections, but has since...

A new ‘intelligent’ access control system was unveiled at Belgium’s Graspop Festival, combining a secure turnstile entrance with integrated scanning capabilities, writes Event Industry News’ Adam Parry . Mojo Barriers launched the ‘Gatekeeper 2.0’ at the metal festival, which used 18 Gatekeepers to...

As The Observer’s restaurant critic and the One Show’s resident food expert, Jay Rayner has made a name for himself as a no-nonsense foodie, a man with a ferocious appetite and no time for fads or style over substance. Yet behind his imposing frame and his ability to wax lyrical over simple food...

The departing U.S. ambassador to Belgium, Howard Gutman, left Brussels yesterday, but with the firm intention of returning here as a businessman and cultivating friendships he forged during the four years of his mandate, the American Embassy announced. He wrote in La Libre Belgique that he intended...