Police discovered two kilograms of cocaine in the luggage of a Brazilian drug trafficker at Brussels Airport, the Brussels prosecutor’s office announced yesterday. The Brazilian drug smuggler was stopped at customs at Brussels Airport on Saturday night; the drugs were found hidden in the false...

Alleged Somali pirate warlord Mohamed Abdi Hassan, also known by the nickname ‘Afweyne’ or ‘Big Mouth’, has been arrested by Belgian police at Brussels airport, various media report this morning. The United Nations considers Abdi Hassan one of the most notorious and influential Somali pirate...

Belgium has joined the International Surfing Association (ISA), as its 77th member, reports Surfer Today . Belgium has over 65km of coastline and offers a variety of large sandy beaches and a few protected jetties, favouring north groundswells and south-west windswells that provide fun waves for...

The annual bank tax levied on credit institutions in Belgium will yield €16m more in 2013 than initially forecast, writes Tax News’ Ulrika Lomas . In a written parliamentary response, finance minister Koen Geens announced that the bank tax will serve to generate around €96m for the state’s coffers...

Over two years, Belgian photographer, journalist and mother Lieve Blancquaert travelled to 14 countries to witness the arrival of new human life for her project Birth Day . Convinced that the birth process holds up a mirror to the society in which it takes place, she talked to families about their...

Dietician Aukje Dierckx, 24, from Mechelen, talks about what she earns and how she spends it What do you do for a living? I studied nutrition and dietetics. As part of my degree, I did two internships, at the multiple sclerosis centre in Melsbroek and at the Imelda hospital in Bonheiden, near...

The CEOs of 10 utilities companies which, together, own half of Europe's electricity generating capacity, are calling for an end to subsidies for wind and solar energy, which they say add too much power to a market already struggling with overcapacity, report EurActiv and Reuters. The CEOs in the...

Belgian police have arrested the suspected leader of a gang of drug traffickers, Flemish broadcaster VRT announced this morning on the basis of information received from federal prosecutors. The man had been missing for several weeks. Federal police officers had arrested twelve members of the same...

A new campaign was launched in Belgium yesterday by Plan Belgique / Plan België , the Belgian arm of Plan International, a charity campaigning for education, and sex education, for teenage girls in the world’s poorest countries. The campaign, titled ‘Raise your hand for girls’, comes in the shape...