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...

The mother of the baby found abandoned by the side of the road by a bus driver in Sint-Truiden last month has turned herself in to the police. The baby, given the name Marie Peeters by hospital staff, was found by a De Lijn driver on 18 August. The woman had gone to a Limburg hospital at the...

Belgian dairy farmers will be able to count on a one-off contribution of about €46 million to give the industry a much needed boost. The country's pig farmers will receive about €30 million in aid. The news comes following an agreement between the agricultural organisations, distribution sector and...

In less than one year, the number of houses, rooms or apartments rented out via Airbnb by property owners in Belgium nearly doubled, from 5,500 to 10,000. That's according to new figures from the website Inside Airbnb, which sources data from publicly available information on the Airbnb site. About...

Continuing a tradition of innovation that included insect spreads and ugly veggies, Delhaize supermarket has come up with a new way of avoiding food waste. About 185,000 tonnes of food is discarded by consumers every year in Belgium, much of it because of the law that requires supermarkets to bin...

Belgium's Centre for Religious Art and Culture (CRKC) on Monday reported an increase in the number of thefts in Belgian churches and chapels. Since June, the federal police department in charge of art theft received more reports of church robberies than usual. The phenomenon occurs in all of the...

We asked Robin, 25, from Antwerp how much she earns and how she spends it. What do you do for work? I’m a sales and office co-ordinator and also the personal assistant to the CEO at an SME in Antwerp. I earn €1,550 net per month. Do you like your job? A ton! The work is interesting. I have a good...