Kris Peeters has called on the Flemish and French-speaking liberal parties to put forward a possible candidate to serve as prime minister as soon as possible. Peeters (CD&V) is one of two senior politicians steering the delicate negotiations to form a federal coalition government. Who will...

Negotiators who are working on the formation of a new federal government succeeded in reaching agreements on energy issues, noise pollution linked to air traffic and radicalism. As a result of these agreements, the nuclear power plants Doel 1 and Doel 2 are now expected to be kept going for a...

Belgium is one of the most egalitarian countries in Europe but only manages a very average rating when it comes to integrating the poor, the unemployed and children into its society, a study by the German think-tank Bertelsmann Stiftung has found. Scandinavian countries scored top marks for...

In the build-up to its Climate Summit in New York on 23 September, the United Nations is calling attention to the climate issue around the world with fake weather reports. “Temperatures between eight and nine degrees. A fickle day with periods of rain and hail, and even thunderstorms. And be...

A rotating service of super-fast shuttle buses is to be launched at Charleroi airport, to link the country’s second airport to Charleroi station. A road link between Charleroi-Sud station and the airport at Gosselies constitutes the fastest ‘mobility’ solution to put into practice, announced the...

Leuven-based AB InBev, the world’s largest brewing group, is reported by the Wall Street Journal to be in talks with its banks with a view to preparing a takeover bid for SABMiller, its biggest competitor, now based in London. The bid is said to be worth €94.2 billion, the largest the beer industry...

The Proton payment system is going to be phased out in two stages. The facility to top up a Proton account will gradually be withdrawn from service between October 1 and December 31, 2014. From January 1, 2015, payments by Proton will no longer be allowed. Proton terminals will be withdrawn from...

The outgoing European Council president Herman Van Rompuy will be a guest speaker at the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) from October 6. In his first duty for UCL, he will lead a conference called ‘L’Europe dans la tempête’. From the second semester, when he will no longer have to fulfil any...

Coming in ninth in the green jersey points classification, 22-year-old cyclist Jasper Stuyven (pictured) was a rare flash of Belgian flair in the Vuelta a España, the Tour of Spain, which ended in Santiago de Compostela on Sunday. On his first-ever grand tour, the former UCI Junior Road Race World...

With €820 per month, Julie Declerck, 24, from Bruges can afford a job she loves. What do you for a living? For the last four months, I’ve been employed by Meubis, a furniture store in Maldegem with an extensive online store. On my business card it says “Service Manager”. I answer clients’ questions...