Belgium’s three regions today submitted a joint application to Unesco in Bonn for recognition of the Sonian Forest ( Forêt de Soignes ) as a Natural World Heritage site . Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia joined forces to apply for the protected status under the United Nations Educational, Scientific...

Ten percent of Belgian employees under the age of 30 are overqualified for their job, reports De Standaard . The phenomenon of overqualified workers – such as an engineer who works in retail, for example – is on the rise across Europe since the start of the economic crisis, according to a study by...

Brussels has no plans to cut investment in its public transport network MIVB/STIB, the Capital Region’s transport minister, Pascal Smet, said. Smet was responding to reports in the dailies L’Echo and De Tijd that MIVB/STIB would lose €5 million from its 2014 budget and €37 million from next year’s...

The fight against illegal online gambling in Belgium is not easy, with 21 of the 94 blacklisted gambling sites still active, according to research by De Morgen . It is technically difficult to block the sites, according to Belgium’s Gambling Commission. It is still possible, for example, to play...

Boil your bugs before you eat them, say the High Council for Public Health and the Federal Food Agency. This week the two agencies issued a list of recommendations for the safe production, preservation and consumption of insect-based foods – long touted as a sustainable alternative to conventional...

Electricity producer Electrabel has sold its remaining 21% stake in Eandis, the grid management company also partly owned by the Flemish municipalities. The sale follows a decision by the Flemish government obliging Electrabel, which is owned by the French industrial group GDF Suez, to step out of...

Representatives of 83 countries, including German chancellor Angela Merkel and former Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, gathered in Nieuwpoort, West Flanders, yesterday to commemorate the fallen of the First World War. King Philippe laid a wreath at the monument to his great-grandfather King Albert...

Belgium comes in 42nd place in an international ranking on global business climates, according to The World Bank Group’s annual report published on Wednesday. Singapore maintains its position at the top of the world’s most business-friendly economies. The financial institution’s "Doing Business”...

One in three children in the Brussels-Capital Region lives in poverty, writes Brusselnieuws.be based on a Unicef report on global child poverty. In all of Belgium, the number is down slightly compared with 2008, when around 17.2% of Belgian children lived below the poverty line. Last year, the...

The Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren is to receive €550,000 from the Flemish government for the construction of a new reception pavilion. The grant comes shortly after the federal government last week announced it will impose heavy budget cuts on the museum, as well as other Brussels...