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Antwerp considers fast-track registration – for a price

The city of Antwerp is considering the creation of a ‘fast-track’ registration system for foreigners who pay more. "We are aiming the scheme in particular at foreigners who work," deputy mayor Liesbeth Homans, of the N-VA party, told De Morgen. Antwerp city council decided back in February to...

One in seven employees working from home

The number of Belgian employees working from home has risen by 25% in three years, writes Le Soir. A study by the Directorate-General for Statistics and Economic Information reveals that, while 416,717 employees (11.4%) teleworked in 2008, the figure rose to 523,723 (14.1%) in 2011. The figures...

LVMH chief executive moves €2bn to Belgium

Bernard Arnault, chief executive of French luxury group LVMH, pumped some €2.1bn across the border into Belgium in 2012, reports Reuters’ Robert-Jan Bartunek , citing documents from the National Bank published in business daily De Tijd. Arnault, who is France's richest man, last year said he had...

Broken Circle Breakdown wows Australian critic

Belgia film The Broken Circle Breakdown has opened in Australian cinemas, and has garnered praised from the venerable Melbourne daily, The Age . “Belgium may seem an unlikely source for a film built on bluegrass music, but the tragic trajectory of Felix van Groeningen's boho romance is constantly...

Young English classical musicians take Belgium by storm

Fifty-eight young Warwickshire musicians are celebrating a highly successful tour to Belgium, the latest event in an impressive list of overseas engagements undertaken by County Music Service, reports Warwickshire News . Members of the County Wind Band, String Orchestra, Chorale and Percussion...

Mr Falafel

Submitted by Robyn Boyle on Thu, 08/01/2013 - 10:47

You might be inclined to walk right past: It’s a hole in the wall – three metres wide to be precise – with just a few tables, a salad bar, a fridge with drinks and a counter where you order. Just like every other place that serves pitas and kebabs – but with a major exception. There’s only one thing on the menu: falafel.

Brussels metro escalators misused daily

The Brussels metro has a total of 573 escalators that are equipped with emergency brakes for safety purposes. Due to unnecessary use of the emergency brake last year, the escalators were only available and working about 95.3 percent of the time. In the same year, maintenance costs on the escalators...

Mathilde stashes family fortune in company

In forming the company, Mathilde protects the domain, with its forests and ponds, from being split up in the event of her death, or that of one of her siblings. In that case, heirs would get shares in the company, and not the land itself. It is a sensitive topic because the company offers tax...

16,000 Belgians declare foreign investments

In the Belgian government's ongoing stride against money laundering, it is the first year that such an insurance is to be reported (while reporting funds on foreign bank accounts has already been a requirement for years). Final figures are not in yet, but according to Finance Ministry spokeswoman...

Six enrolments for new butler course

“A butler can earn between €50,000 and €120,000 a year, according to experience”, the initiator of the course, Vincent Vermeulen, told Brussels regional news site brusselnieuws.be . Previously butler courses had only existed in the UK ( pictured ), the United States and the Netherlands. The...

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