In 2011, the average working Belgian earned a gross monthly salary of €3,192, according to official figures from the Federal Public Service Economy. The professional category that earns the most is business management with €8,610 gross per month. Those who earn the least are servers and bartenders...

Minister of Home Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Joëlle Milquet has 20 guidelines ready that should attract more women to the police force. Belgium's police corps remains a predominantly male bastion, where only one in three police officers is a woman. Women are especially underrepresented in top...

The unions at Brussels Airlines issued a strike notice today, after attempts at conciliation between unions and management failed to come to an agreement during talks on Thursday. Sticking point is the increased workload of the crew, some 1,200 employees, due to recent budget cuts. The current...

Homeless Association Chez Nous/Bij Ons will not be allowed to hold its annual barbecue this year in the Rue des Chartreux/Kartuizersstraat. The City of Brussels put a stop to the event, citing the lack of on-site sanitary facilities as a reason. Chez Nous/Bij Ons is upset with the decision and...

A train derailed this morning around 8.20 upon leaving the station of Kortrijk in the direction of Mouscron, confirms rail infrastructure manager Infrabel. According to Infrabel spokesman Johan Vermant, the train was traveling at low speed when the accident happened. Twenty travelers were evacuated...

Prolific Canadian author Margaret Atwood is the next guest in Passa Porta’s excellent series A Writers’ Europe. Currently on tour to promote her latest opus, the final book in the trilogy series MaddAddam, Atwood talks to Flemish journalist Annelies Beck at Flagey on September 5. In the final...

Deputy Prime Minister Didier Reynders (MR) sees a way out in the discussion over top salaries for CEOs of public companies. The CEOs can retain their high salaries if the companies are further privatised, Reynders said this morning on Radio 1. If the government would continue to distance itself...

Opponents of a military intervention in Syria gathered in front of the old Stock Exchange building in Brussels yesterday. There were 250 protesters present, a ccording to the organisation Intal, while police report about a hundred. "All together for peace in Syria," shouted the protesters. Many of...

Drivers spend more time stuck in traffic in and around Antwerp and Brussels than anywhere else in the world, according to July figures from traffic software company Inrix, reports De Tijd . Brussels is the absolute champion when it comes to traffic. A driver there spends an average of 85.4 hours...

Schools in Brussels, from nursery and primary to secondary education, are increasingly prone to overcrowding. By 2020, some 42,000 additional places will need to be created in order to accommodate the growing population. This is according to a study published today by the Brussels Studies Institute...