Almost 9,000 members of the public have joined an initiative launched by a group of 11 prominent Belgians to take legal action to force the federal and regional governments to improve their climate policies. Klimaatzaak (Climate Case) was formed at the end of last year, with the statement that the...

The call for temporary workers picked up again in 2014 after two difficult years, allowing the industry to look forward this year to a return to levels similar to 2007, before the global economic crisis, according to industry federation Federgon. Last year saw an increase of 9% in requests for temp...

Doctors in Belgium made 27,266 urgent house calls in 2014, writes the online medical magazine News4Med based on figures from the National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (Inami). The figure is a 57% decrease compared to the previous year. The General Practitioners (GPs) name changes...

What do you do and how much do you earn? Last summer, I worked at a temp agency in a student job. I was an administrative assistant and it was my job to support the permanent staff with filing, planning and scheduling, answering phones and emails. I also was allowed to look for suitable candidates...

The number of lawyers in Belgium has almost doubled in the last 25 years, to more than 15 lawyers per 10,000 inhabitants. That's almost twice as many as in the neighbouring countries, says lawyer Jan Dyck in Het Nieuwsblad . Dyck is concerned about the explosion in the number of attorneys in recent...

A 43-member team from B-Fast, Belgium’s rapid reaction first aid and support unit, left Melsbroek military airport yesterday for Nepal, as the death toll from the earthquake there on Saturday exceeded 3,300. B-Fast is one of the world’s most experienced rapid response teams, having taken part in...

Australia’s minister for foreign affairs, Julie Bishop, was in West Flanders at the weekend to mark Anzac Day. The date is marked every year to commemorate the start of the Gallipoli campaign, which began on 25 April, 1915 and lasted until 9 January, 1916, with the loss of more than 56,000 Allied...

The City of Brussels wants to include Brussels’ two artisanal brewers, Cantillon and Brasserie de la Senne, in its plans for the upcoming Belgian Beer Palace (BBP), reports brusselnieuws.be. Earlier reports suggested that the two breweries would be left out of the project. However, representatives...

Brussels resident Bernard Lambrechts ( pictured ) was voted Moestasj van ’t Joer, reports brusselnieuws.be. The prize is handed out every year by the Order of the Brussels Moustache, a folkloric association of locals with a penchant for growing extraordinary moustaches. The election took place...

Flemish public transport company De Lijn will in 2018 launch a pilot project with a self-driving bus that rides in a loop around Brussels Airport, reports De Standaard. Mobility minister Ben Weyts has long been a proponent of testing out self-propelled vehicles, he told the newspaper. The project...