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...

As an expat, you'll typically have at least two countries in your life, your home country and your host country. During a lifetime, you can expect to build up assets in both countries, and in the case of career expats, in three or more countries. You may also keep a house or an apartment in your...

About 320 people visited the official residence of Prime Minister Charles Michel on Tuesday at 16 Rue de la Loi, on the occasion of the national holiday. It is the first time that the prime minister's official residence was open to the general public in an initiative that came from the prime...

At a time when the world wasn’t considered a global village yet, Sfinks used to bring exotic sounds from all over the planet to the small village of Boechout. Although the organisers initiated the festival in 1975 with a rather folk-oriented line-up, throughout the 1980s and ’90s, the festival site...