The unions behind Brussels Airlines want to see more being done to ensure staff safety, as it is currently one of the few airlines continuing service to West Africa. The union requests that the flights to Ebola-risk areas be reduced or suspended, the VRT reports. During consultations between unions...

Crowdfunding, the practice of financing a new business venture with small contributions from a large number of people, is not popular in Belgium. Last year, businesses and entrepreneurs raised just €1.1 million via crowdfunding, according to figures from the consultancy Douw & Koren, reports De...

Surgeons at the University Hospital Leuven (UZ Leuven) have succeeded in placing a new cardiac valve in a one-year-old baby via a catheter in the liver, which is a world first. Just after birth, the baby received a new cardiac valve via open-heart surgery. “This valve, however, quickly broke down,...

The opening session of the new Belgian parliament was overshadowed by criticism of two N-VA members of the Michel government. Interior minister Jan Jambon ( pictured ) was strongly criticised by opposition MPs for an interview this week in which he said that wartime collaboration with the Nazis was...

While our neighbouring capitals are recovering from September’s fashion weeks, Brussels is gearing up for an entire fashion month. From mid-October until mid-November there are plenty of events to still your fashion cravings: exhibitions, catwalk shows, pop-up stores, lectures and much more. London...

The new government has no plans for the moment to introduce extra checks at Brussels Airport on passengers coming from the part of West Africa currently hit by the Ebola epidemic, a spokesperson for federal health minister Maggie De Block said. The Italian presidency of the EU has called together...

Brussels police write up an average of two fines a day for verbal abuse, mostly targeted at women and gay people . Verbal abuse, such as cat- or name-calling, is prohibited in the capital since a law against street harassment was passed earlier this year. "We forward all complaints to the...

According to the latest crime figures, the City of Brussels is becoming safer. The 2013 Annual Report of the Brussels-Ixelles police department shows a significant decrease in the incidence of crime between 2009, the year the new zonal security plan was launched, and 2013. The number of armed...

Earlier this year, outdoor and travel gear chain AS Adventure teamed up with GoPro camera company to launch a call for short videos of nature in Belgium or Luxembourg shot with a GoPro film camera. The entries poured in for a chance to win the GoPro Nature Award 2014. A professional jury, headed by...

The Belgian TV sketch show Wat Als? and the reality series Missie Mosango have both been nominated for an International Emmy Award. The awards will be announced on 24 November. Missie Mosango (Mission Mosango) was made by independent production house Geronimo, and followed six young volunteers as...