This year’s National Day military parade drew more attention to Brussels’ Place des Palais than usual, and understandably so: it’s not every day that Belgium has a new king. But there is another occasion which puts the cobbled doorstep of the Royal Palace on the map, for a very different reason:...

Al-Qaeda members currently planning new attacks have explicitly mentioned in Belgium in conversations recently intercepted by security services, Het Laatste Nieuws reports today. "The recent increase in security measures at Brussels Midi and at Zaventem and Liège airports is not a routine operation...

Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg are planning to axe roaming charges within the Benelux, although no date has yet been mentioned by the Benelux Office. "The three Benelux countries have expressed their intention to abandon roaming charges within their area," said the Belgian deputy secretary...

More than one million tax returns are incomplete, L’Echo reports today, citing figures from the federal public service for finance. Out of 2.7m tax returns filed via Tax-on-Web, only 1.5m ‘code 1440s’ box had been ticked. Code 1440 is in effect a sworn statement relating to the additional 4% tax on...

A journalist working for Le Soir Magazine managed to get past security with a knife and 450g of mock explosives at a Belgian airport during a security test, the Belgian weekly announced today. On average, dangerous objects go undetected in 60% of cases. She was one of a party of four accompanying...

The number of Dutch patients travelling to Belgium for medical treatment has increased 14% over the past three years, reports Dutch News . Belgium is also popular with patients from Germany, France, the UK and Luxembourg, a report by the patient mobility observatory shows. The latest figures cover...

Zookeeper Karen Rogiers, 46, from Deurne talks about what she earns and how she spends it What do you do for a living? I’m a zookeeper at Antwerp zoo, where I look after the birds. Our six-strong team is in charge of 650 birds. The zoo receives many job applications, but many people have the wrong...

Belgian domain name registrar DNS Belgium has received the official approval for the extension .vlaanderen. It will be operational by the end of 2014, DNS.be announced yesterday. In-depth technical and financial assessments were required prior to the new domain name being approved. Flemish...

Some 53,000 Belgians were caught speeding on French roads in July, a 39% drop compared to July 2012, when 87,000 had fallen foul of French speed cameras. According to automobile association VAB, there were 14% fewer road accidents in France in July 2013 than a year earlier. Belgian motorists who...

Belgians continue to save more than ever. In June 2013, they had a total of €245.51bn on their savings accounts, according to figures released yesterday by the National Bank of Belgium. This constitutes a record amount for a country whose citizens are widely regarded as compulsive savers. In May,...