The Flemish nationalist party N-VA announced this week that a tax cut would be incorporated into the party’s manifesto at the party congress early next year. Party president Bart De Wever, also the mayor of Antwerp, said that he wants to cut the average tax rate to 40%, following the next election...

Yvan Mayeur, head of the Brussels social aid agency CPAS, has defended the €192,000 salary paid to Pascale Peraita, director of SamuSocial, the non-profit set up to look after the city's homeless. Last week it was revealed that financial inspectors sent in by public works minister Brigitte Grouwels...

Demolition work being carried out on a site at the corner of Rue Royale and Treurenberg in central Brussels has uncovered traces of the city walls dating from the 13th century, according to historian and Brussels member of parliament Paul De Ridder. The demolition site backs onto the house of the...

Belgium can expect roughly 10% more visitors from other countries over the course of the autumn school vacation now under way, according to Toerisme Vlaanderen. The organisation expects a total 670,000 travellers this week, made up of 307,000 Belgians and the rest from abroad. About one in three of...

From 2009 to 2012, research groups at the universities of Ghent, Leuven and Antwerp investigated the obstacles for and strategies of pupils with and without an immigration background in secondary education. For the project, called Oprit 14 in Dutch and Bet You! in English, the scientists carried...

Pascal Smet is examining the level of absences from school at the beginning of the annual autumn vacation, which started last weekend. The Flemish education minister wants to determine how many parents took their children out of school early in order to get a head-start on travel plans. Schools...

The municipality of St Gilles in Brussels has issued a call for proposals from designers for a new look for the Parvis St Gilles, aimed at “anchoring the car-free zone” according to alderman for sustainable development Willem Stevens. The Parvis – the plaza in front of the St Gilles church...

Brussels fire service unions have suspended a notice of industrial action announced last week until 28 November, the union SLFP/VSOA said. The action, due to start on Monday, was in protest at the failure of the Brussels region to address fire service grievances – among them the continuing lack of...

Brussels fire service unions have suspended a notice of industrial action announced last week until 28 November, the union SLFP/VSOA said. The action, due to start on Monday, was in protest at the failure of the Brussels region to address fire service grievances – among them the continuing lack of...

La Fabrika 182 Rue Antoine Dansaert, Brussels Without a doubt the coolest interior design shop in the city, La Fabrika presents an intriguing mix of modern classics and young, innovative design. The shop’s focus is on Scandinavian brands, but the owners are always looking to add little-known labels...