The number of Brussels residents who use only a car to get around has decreased from 53.1% to 32.8% between 1999 and 2010. However, the total distance travelled by car has gone up, as has the length of traffic jams in the city, according to figures from a study on the mobility of Brussels residents...

The Belgian emergency team B-Fast is preparing to depart for Guinea with a mobile laboratory to aid in the fight against Ebola, announced Secretary of Defence Steven Vandeput (N-VA). The eight-member team will leave as soon as the area has been declared safe by the French army, reports De Morgen ...

Eight-year-old Louis Robeyns from Antwerp province has been selected as Belgium’s Best Mini-Inventor. The youngster won the competition with his design of vouwto , a car that folds up, allowing users to carry it with them like a suitcase. The contest, in which more than 900 Belgian pupils...

Brussels’ two-star Michelin restaurant Bon-Bon is number one in the country, the esteemed restaurant review guide Gault Millau announced on Monday in the 12th edition of its guide for Belgium and Luxembourg, reports De Standaard . For the first time in 10 years, chef Christophe Hardiquest has...

In Ypres yesterday, a special edition of the daily Last Post ceremony was held to mark the 96th anniversary of the end of the First World War. Flemish minister-president Geert Bourgeois laid a wreath under the Menin Gate, in the company of West Flanders governor Carl Decaluwé, Ypres mayor Jan...

Unions are not planning a demonstration in Antwerp, a socialist union spokesperson has said in response to rumours that Antwerp dock workers were planning violent protests on the provincial day of action planned for November 24. Some sources blame Antwerp dockers for the violence that erupted...

In the fourth edition of the Education First English Proficiency Index (EF EPI) released today, Belgium moved up from 13th to ninth place, reports metrotime.be. The EF EPI examines the English language skills of 750,000 adults from 63 countries, revealing wide gaps in English skills across the...

In 1964, a small group of expatriate parents living and working in Belgium approached an order of Catholic sisters and asked them to help them build a school. The idea was to provide their children with an education in English. St John’s International School was born. What began as a small band of...

Seven out of 10 people in Belgium show up to work even when they are ill or injured, according to a survey by HR specialist company Securex. Young, highly educated employees and executives are most likely to work when they are not feeling well. Some do it because they enjoy their work, but others...

Visitors to the regular market on the grounds of the slaughterhouses of the Brussels commune of Anderlecht will soon be able to enjoy the view out over the local farm, and even dine in a restaurant amid the fresh produce being served on their plates. The canal zone is one of the most industrial...