At the end of the month, international literature house Passa Porta hosts the fifth edition of its eponymous biennial festival. The philosophy behind the event is to offer top quality writing in numerous languages, opening up the world of literature to Brussels’ multicultural, international...

Belgium’s population (11.2 million in 2013) could reach 11.4 million by 2020 and 13.1 million by 2060, according to the latest calculations from the Federal Planning Bureau (FPB) and General Statistics Department. In the short term, Belgium’s population growth is slightly lower than expected, while...

Alexander De Croo, the federal minister of development co-operation and communications, has been chosen by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as a Young Global Leader for 2015. The Forum of Young Global Leaders was created in 2004 by the Swiss-based WEF to establish an exclusive network of people under...

A ban on advertisements for pharmaceuticals is one of the main measures proposed by a group of researchers from the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), united in the Metaforum association to improve communication of health-care topics in Belgium. Their report, “Health and Health Care: Everyone an...

Ryanair is one step closer to adding several American cities to its list of destinations. CEO of the low-cost carrier, Michael O’Leary, has a plan ready for the company to offer service between several European and American cities, starting from as low as €14, write the Financial Times and De Tijd...

Brussels Airlines on Monday morning introduced the press to one of its new planes, freshly painted with a scene out of Red Rackham’s Treasure, the 12th volume of the Adventures of Tintin comic strip series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The ceremony took place in the presence of mobility minister...

Belgium’s three education ministers are in Paris today at a gathering of EU education ministers to discuss the manifesto published by the EU’s Radicalisation Awareness Network. The manifesto contains 24 proposals to combat radicalisation in European schools. Nearly 100 teachers and education...

Watchers of the skies be warned: If you should think you see a Russian air force Antonov An-30 flying overhead in the next few days, your eyes do not deceive you. The aircraft and crew will be carrying out observation flights in Belgian and Dutch airspace under the Treaty on Open Skies. The treaty...

Last year in Belgium a record volume of 3.8 million tonnes of potatoes were processed in Belgium, mainly to frozen chips, making Belgium the largest exporter of frozen potato products in the world, reports De Standaard . The 3.8 million tonnes of potatoes last year were processed into nearly 1.4...

More than 20% of pedestrians in Belgium cross the street when the signal is red, thereby endangering their safety, according to a study carried out by the Belgian Road Safety Institute (IBSR) in Brussels and eight other Belgian cities, reports brusselnieuws.be. IBSR collected the data at the end of...