In a surprise turn of events, 24-year-old Jens Debusschere (Lotto-Belisol) from Roeselare won this year’s Belgian national road race in Wielsbeke, West Flanders, on Sunday, pushing the pre-race favourite Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma - Quick.Step) into third place. In a sprint finish, Debusschere beat...

Most of the 3,000 Red Devils supporters in Brazil have returned to Belgium, reports La Dernière Heure . According to the latest figures out, only 600 remain to watch the Belgium vs US match on 1 July in Salvador. American fans are due to outnumber Red Devils’ fans quite considerably at tomorrow’s...

Independent TV production house Woestijnvis has been awarded the right to produce live Belgian first-class football for the coming three years, the Jupiler Pro League has announced. Woestijnvis will now handle the televised images for the three broadcast rights holders: Belgacom, Voo and Telenet...

Belgium sailed through to the second round of the World Cup on Thursday, after beating South Korea 1-0 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Red Devils, who have now won all three of their first-round matches, now take on the US on Tuesday, 1 July, in Salvador de Bahia. As in Sunday’s match against Russia, the...

The socialist rail trade union ACOD has confirmed it will take strike action for 24 hours starting at 22.00 on Sunday, 29 June. NMBS CEO Jo Cornu, who is experiencing the first strike since taking over the top job, said that “by striking, they are smearing the image of the NMBS. They’re damaging...

The leaders of the 28 countries of the European Union gathered in Ypres, West Flanders, on Thursday to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War. The delegation made their way through Ypres to the sound of drums to the Menin Gate, on which are inscribed the names of 60,000...

Versailles’ Court of Appeal ordered on Thursday the extradition to Belgium of Mehdi Nemmouche, the alleged perpetrator of the shooting at Brussels’ Jewish Museum on 24 May that left 4 dead. Apolin Pepiezep, Nemmouche’s lawyer, said that the suspect would be lodging an appeal against the decision,...

Way too many students are postponing their final exams for one day by acquiring doctor’s certificates, according to professor of fiscal justice Michel Maus of the Free University of Brussels (VUB). In an interview with Het Niewsblad , he denounced the practice, calling it “unacceptable and...

The Brussels leg of the Festival of Wallonia, Musiq’3 , takes over Flagey and Marni from June 26 to 29. Entitled Move - The Danube Experience, it explores the music of the Bohemian cities lying along the mythical river. With more than 60 concerts on five stages, lively outdoor activities and...

The King is expected to consult a number of political party representatives today, in an attempt to avert a long political crisis of the type seen in 2010. The politicians need to find a way out of the new deadlock that was created when the French-speaking Christian democrats (CDH) rejected a...