There are many reasons why you might want to give your time to help others. There’s something about living abroad, spending time away from family and friends, that makes you realise that we rely on the kindness of strangers to get by. Most of us have been helped through rough patches by others, and...

Animals, farming, forestry and food… for its 81st edition, Libramont Fair is preparing once again to show off its agricultural know-how to visitors from home and abroad. It certainly has a long and illustrious history. The event was founded in 1926 by a group of enterprising horse breeders who were...

For free music on Saturday, head to Bruksellive at Théâtre de Verdure/Groentheater in the middle of Osseghem Park. A total of four stages fill the wooded site with a line-up of young talent that includes Youngblood Brass, Joe Claussell, DJ Pierre, Kelly Verbier, Afilakacid, and much more...

As the country’s agricultural sector prepares for its annual fair, the farmers’ union has issued a cry for help. The livestock industry in Belgium and in the rest of Western Europe is in crisis, the union says, and urgent measures are needed. “There is continuous price pressure, in particular in...

After long hours of talks and an all-nighter from Wednesday to Thursday, the federal government has finally agreed its budget for 2016, and a tax shift worth €7.2 billion has been created, prime minister Charles Michel said, to fulfil three objectives: “Jobs, jobs, jobs.” The tax shift is intended...

Belgium will take part in a billion-dollar project by the Chinese government, which calls for the construction of new land and water routes between Chinese cities and other major business hubs. The rebirth of the so-called Silk Road is already being called the largest commercial project of the 21st...

Belgian milk producers are gathered today in Libramont to mark the opening of the 81st agricultural fair and to draw attention to the dairy industry's current crisis, announced the Walloon Milk producer Interest Group (MIG), initiator of the action. It is not yet known what the producers will do...

Misterbnb, a travel and social networking site that provides rented lodging primarily to individuals of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, has expanded its services into Belgium, writes De Morgen. The founders are a gay couple from Paris who got the idea after being...

A group of concerned parents and asthma advocates has started a petition to demand that the Brussels government do more to improve air quality in the city, reports brusselnieuws.be. The group supports the introduction of road pricing in order to reduce traffic emissions, among other proposed...

The current tax rate for energy consumption in Belgium is far too low, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to an IMF report on energy subsidies, Belgian residents annually pay €838.96 per capita too little for energy, writes De Standaard . The value-added-tax (VAT) on...