Waterspouts have been spotted above the North Sea this week off the coast of Belgium, including De Panne. Waterspouts are rotating columns of air that form above water, similar to tornadoes but weaker and less destructive. “Waterspouts mainly occur in the late summer and early autumn at the Flemish...

The US military wants to use the Belgian air base in Zutendaal for the storage of military equipment. To this end, it has already requested and received permission from the Belgian government, however a final decision has yet to be made, writes Het Belang van Limburg . Located about 80 km east of...

Belgium’s Queen Mathilde met European experts at a congress on international vaccination policy on Wednesday, an event sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Antwerp University (UAntwerp). The three-day event is the first WHO congress at UAntwerp. WHO’s European division annually...

Cyber-crime is costing companies in Belgium as much as €3.5 billion every year, according to a study by management consultants KPMG Advisory. The company carried out an eight-month investigation in 10 major firms in seven sectors and found that eight out of 10 had been the victim of a cyber-attack...

Since the introduction of the pedestrian zone in the centre of Brussels in June, the number of drivers using the Interparking car parks in the city centre has dropped by 20%. According to Interparking, many drivers are not aware that the garages are still accessible. The company has therefore...

The unemployment rate in Belgium remained at about the same level between July 2014 and July 2015, dropping by 0.1% to 8.5%. In absolute figures, about 426,000 people in Belgium were jobless in July 2015. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate in the eurozone fell slightly in the same period, from 11.1%...

Antwerp Zoo has reported the death of Yessie, its last Siberian tiger, and the second death of a big cat this year. She had been lethargic for several days and eating little. “Her condition deteriorated quickly, and it was decided not to let her suffer any longer,” a spokesperson for the zoo said...

In 2014, the number of workplace accidents in Belgium's private sector fell by 5.7%, according to the annual report by the Fund for Accidents at Work (FAO). The figure fell for the fourth consecutive year. A total of 141,865 work accidents in the private sector were registered last year in Belgium...

One of the world’s best-loved operas returns to Brussels in the context of La Monnaie’s Extra Muros programme. Gaetano Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore was first staged at the capital’s opera house in 1840, only several years after its world premiere in Milan. It’s been a fan favourite ever since. This...

Kevin De Bruyne still has the cherubic features of an urchin on a school outing, but at 24, he is already on his fifth club as a professional footballer. Oh, and he is also the most expensive Belgian player ever, after his transfer announced last week from German Bundesliga side Wolfsburg to...