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Sharp drop in fraudulent unemployment benefit claims

In five years, the number of fraudulent unemployment benefit claimants fell by 17,000 in 2008 to 3,000 last year, De Standaard and Le Soir report today. According to Wouter Langeraert, who coordinates field controls at the National Employment Office, the drastic decrease in benefit fraud is not due...

Up to €450,000 a year for public sector CEOs?

Public enterprise minister Jean-Pascal Labille (pictured) will today submit to a restricted council of ministers proposal to cap the salaries of CEOs of public companies. Like his predecessor Paul Magnette he would like to keep the current annual ceiling at €290,000, but with several several...

Assyrian genocide monument to be erected in Belgium

A monument to the victims of the Ottoman genocide of Assyrians in World War One will be unveiled on August 4 in Belgium, on the site of the sanctuary of Banneux, near Liège. The monument, an image of a dead dove, was carved from a 12-ton stone by renowned Assyrian artist Moushe Malke. The monument...

Gelato in Uccle

Submitted by Robyn Boyle on Tue, 07/23/2013 - 10:24

To begin, Glacier Zizi.

Any self-respecting Brussels parents in the past half-century have brought their children here to satisfy ice cream cravings. The family-run shop was established in 1948 and named after its founder, Izzi, who was teasingly called “Zizi” (French slang for a certain male body part).

Wage watchers: how much does a fire brigade paramedic earn?

Fire brigade paramedic Tom Roesbeke, 26, from Eeklo talks about what he earns and how he spends it What do you do for a living? I am a paramedic for the fire brigade in Ghent. As paramedic I am responsible for the medical support, evacuation and treatment of patients. This can take place in many...

Philippe I is seventh King of the Belgians

King Philippe I has become Belgium's seventh monarch following the abdication of his father. Philippe, 53, took his oath in Belgium's three official languages – Dutch, French and German – two-and-a-half weeks after King Albert, 79, announced he would abdicate after 20 years on the throne. Albert...

Flemish nationalist boycott prevents disruption of Philippe’s investiture

There was no disruption during Philippe’s investiture ceremony yesterday, the far-right Vlaams Belang party having decided to boycott the ceremony. The closest thing to an incident was independent MP Jean-Marie Dedecker’s refusal to applaud the new king. The openly republican and separatist N-VA...

Milquet praises police for ‘magnificent’ day

Approximately 700,000 people in total attended yesterday’s July 21 festivities, interior minister Joëlle Milquet has revealed, based on information provided by the police. "Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all civil protection teams and all services who, for the past three weeks, have...

Detroit bankruptcy could cost Dexia €100m

The bankruptcy of the city of Detroit could have important repercussions for the Dexia group, several newspapers reported on Saturday. The Belgo-French group has in its portfolio a few loans held by Detroit for an amount that could reach €100m. Dexia had invested in 2006, just before the global...

Doctors offer free HIV tests in bars

Doctors have recently started going to bars and cafes providing saliva tests to detect HIV among people from high-risk groups, De Standaard and Het Nieuwsblad report. Staff from Antwerp’s Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) offer the free service in bars and cafes very frequented by homosexuals...

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