The song “Ta Fête” by Belgian singer-songwriter Stromae is the official anthem of the Red Devils, Belgium’s national football team, during this summer’s World Cup tournament in Brazil. In typical Stromae fashion, the artist is using a teaser clip to build up suspense before the official release of...

Remi Vermeiren, a former executive at KBC bank and one of the founders of the Warandemanifest, which, nine years ago, advocated the independence of Flanders from Belgium, has published a book on the subject. Belgie: De onmogelijke opdracht (Belgium: Mission Impossible) sets out the essential steps...

Two officers of the railway police were arrested on Friday and held in detention over the weekend on suspicion of mistreating a homeless man. The two officers work from South Station in Brussels, and the allegations come soon after another group of officers from the same post were sentenced for...

Belgacom is cutting the pay of directors and top executives, in line with the salary of new CEO Dominique Leroy, said the company’s chair of the board, Stefaan De Clerck, at the weekend. In an interview with De Tijd and L’Echo , De Clerck said that “everyone has to make sacrifices and not only the...

As Saint Patrick's Day celebrations kick off the world round today, revellers in Brussels have already been at it since yesterday. In the Cinquantenaire park on Sunday there was a big Irish celebration and a parade. The many Irish pubs across Brussels were overfull, and the festivities continue...

Axel Hirsoux of Hainaut province in southern Belgium will represent his country on May 6 at the 59th Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Copenhagen. During Sunday night’s Belgian final of Eurovision 2014 - this year organised by the VRT at Antwerp’s Sportpaleis - Hirsoux won over the largely...

A small statue of the Virgin Mary is drawing thousands of people to the sleepy town of Jalhay in southern Belgium. Retired bricklayer Daniel Le Floch discovered that the old plaster statuette of the Virgin Mary, which has stood rather inconspicuously in his kitchen for the past 15 years, suddenly...

Hoorah! A female comedian is finally gracing the stage of Stand Up Brussels comedy at Théâtre 140 on March 22. Ventriloquist star Nina Conti is a familiar face on UK television, as are her motley collection of sidekicks. The award-winning comedian and actress may appear as though butter would not...

A choice isn't a choice when it is made with a gun to your head. Yet on Sunday, the people of Crimea will be asked to make an impossible choice: to vote to become subjugated by Russia; or to vote for independence - with no guarantee that Russia will show any more respect for the sovereignty of an...

What do you do? In 2006 I started up my own company called Gero Technics. We provide technical support for smaller businesses. Do you enjoy the work? Yes, I love my job. Every day brings a new challenge, with new problems surfacing on industrial machines that need to be resolved. What do you think...