Brussels mobility minister Pascal Smet on Friday launched the city's annual Mobility Week. The 15 th edition of the event culminates in Car-Free Sunday on 20 September, which will be celebrated this year with a party in the tunnel at Porte de Namur between 12.00 and 18.00, writes brusselnieuws.be...

In 2014 in Belgium, 46,200 people over the age of 65 had a job, 49% more than five years ago (31,000), write Het Laatste Nieuws and De Morgen , based on figures from the FPS Economy. Belgians of retirement age remain active for various reasons, including maintaining a certain standard of living. "...

There is free wifi throughout the refugee camp in Brussels' Maximilian Park, provided since Friday by Belgian telecom company Proximus. Brussels state secretary for digitization, Bianca Debaets ( pictured ) is working on the addition of more free Internet connections in the capital, writes...

Take two scoops of ramen noodles. Now wrap them around a burger, pick it up and eat it. You’ve never dreamed of doing such a thing? Well, Guy Quirynen dreamed of it. A graduate of the famous Ter Duinen hotel school in Koksijde, he went on to the Ecole hôtelière in Lausanne, Switzerland and from...

The bass guitar takes makes a rare appearance centre stage in the 12th edition of the Marni Jazz Festival until 19 September. The popular multidisciplinary venue opens its arts season with a carte blanche to Belgian bass player Michel Hatzigeorgiou. The former Aka Moon musician will be unveiling...

Members of employers' organisation Unizo on Thursday visited refugees staying in Brussels' Maximilian Park, to provide them with information on how to become independent or find work in Belgium, writes brusselnieuws.be, based on a tweet that Unizo CEO Karel Van Eetvelt ( pictured ) posted on...

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...