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...

Brussels finance minister Guy Vanhengel (Open VLD) wants to abolish the mortgage tax break in the Brussels-Capital Region in exchange for a substantial lowering of the registration fees, report De Tijd and L'Echo. Getting rid of the mortgage relief system is just one of the proposals Vanhengel has...

A plan to offer temporary accommodation to asylum-seekers waiting to be processed has met with little response, a result, said federal migration minister Theo Francken of the overwhelming success of the tent camps in local parks. The federal government has opened up floors of the WTC-III tower in...

Belgium's Prince Laurent needs to come up with €3 million by the end of the month if he is to save the future of his real estate companies, write Het Nieuwsblad and the Sudpresse newspapers on Tuesday. The board of directors of Cerbux Invest and Rec Arlon 67 sounded the alarm when both companies,...

Teleworking is on the rise in Belgium, as more and more employees occasionally work from home. That's on par with a worldwide trend which shows that more than half of employees also have a professional home office. Yet only one-third of their employers (33%) contribute to the cost of the home...