Belgium has signed a secret agreement with the United States on the modernisation of nuclear weapons stocked on Belgian soil, according to expert Hans Kristensen of the Federation of Nuclear Scientists. New bombs should replace the existing B61 warheads at Kleine-Brogel airbase, report Het Belang...

The average electricity bill for Belgian households has decreased by 9% and gas bills by as much as 12%, resulting in savings of €280 a year, according to figures released by the Electricity and Gas regulatory body (Creg), published in L'Echo today. This decrease results from a combination of...

Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaite met with king Philippe to discuss bilateral relations between Lithuania and Belgium as well as European and international issues, becoming the first foreign head of state to meet with the new Belgian king, writes the Baltic Course’s Petras Vaida . "The...

For many of us September is the month associated with going ‘back to school’ after the summer break. So it is fitting that the Embassy is kicking off this new term with the launch of the University of Wolverhampton’s Brussels office on 16 September. The Wolverhampton University office will promote...

Brussels is showing off this weekend when the fanciest cafés, parks, theatres and cinemas all open their doors to the public in the annual Heritage Days event. For the 25th edition the theme is Brussels m’as-tu vu?, which literally translates as ‘Have you seen me?’. Don’t miss this opportunity to...

In 2012, 2,552 drivers have their license withdrawn for driving under the influence of drugs after a positive saliva test. The figure represents a 10% increase on the previous year, reports De Gazet van Antwerpen. Since their introduction, saliva drug tests are often conducted in parallel with...

More than 4,000 counterfeit tickets for the Louvre have been seized in Belgium after museum staff in Paris spotted tourists using forgeries, writes the Daily Telegraph’s Henry Samuel . Suspicions among staff were first aroused on August 12 when a guide accompanying a group of Chinese tourists...

Irish telecoms firm Digiweb has bought the retail assets of Belgian internet service provider Mondial Telecom, writes the Irish Times’ Ciara O'Brien . The move means Digiweb, based in Dundalk, acquires around 25,000 residential and small to medium sized business customers in the region, providing...

A Chinese official has been sacked after deciding not to return to her post in China and to enjoy married life in Belgium instead, reports eChinaCities.com . Wang Weihua, 45, from Guangzhou, was the deputy chief of the foreign investment and agricultural resources audit office – a position she had...