Just a few weeks away begins the long summer line up of music and dance festivals that fill weekends and cause many a Monday morning call-in to work. If this is your thing, you’ve probably already booked your tickets to Rock Werchter , Tomorrowland or Pukkelpop and picked out your dancing shoes...

The Flemish Community Commission (VGC) in Brussels is increasing the number of organised playgrounds this summer from eight to 18 to cope with the overwhelming demand, commission chair Guy Vanhengel has announced. The playgrounds are a form of organised daycare for children during school holidays,...

The semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest this week in Vienna was an exciting one for Belgium, with Belgium’s Loïc Nottet receiving the last ticket to the final round on Saturday. In the semifinal round, 17 countries competed for a coveted place in the final, to which only ten countries are...

Cameras carry out speed checks on Belgium’s motorways, but it has this week come to light that one particular type of licence plate is consistently overlooked. The speed cameras do not recognise personalised licence plates, write Belgian media. There are currently about 10,000 cars registered in...

Unions at Alken-Maes, Belgium’s second-largest brewery, have complained of a “reign of terror” being waged by management in negotiations over working conditions and threatened possible industrial action. Management, meanwhile, denied the charge and said they were open to “constructive dialogue”...

NewPharma.be has been voted the best online shop in Belgium. The online pharmacy took home first prize on Wednesday evening during the 10th annual BeCommerce Awards gala event at the Colonial Palace in Tervuren. Both a jury of experts and the public voted for the best Belgian web stores in several...

Green seems to be the colour du jour, whether you’re making an effort to recycle more, riding your bike instead of driving to the shops or incorporating more natural, fresh and wholesome foods into your diet. There are many benefits to eating a raw food and plant-based diet, and though Brussels...

All of Flanders’ political parties, with the exception of Vlaams Belang, have approved a package of measures aimed at tackling radicalisation in the region. The 55 measures, developed by a special committee, include an increase in the number of recognised mosques, a 24-hour advice line, the...

Apple will open an official Apple Store in Belgium, the company confirmed today . The announcement verifies rumours of the technology giant’s plans to open an official store in the country. Some suspect the store will take over a space in Brussels shopping mall Le Toison d'Or, home to the new Marks...

Belgium has contributed €18.75 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which is responsible for assistance to Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. The contribution covers the period 2015-2017 and will support UNRWA’s efforts to...