A thief broke into prime minister Elio Di Rupo's car on Monday, while he was at the gym. His driver was also not in the car at the time. The burglar smashed a side window to gain access to the boot of the car via the rear seats, stealing the outgoing prime minister’s laptop. Shortly after the theft...

Outgoing federal energy minister Johan Vande Lanotte has refuted reports that the country risks power cuts this winter due to the closure of two nuclear power stations. In an interview on Radio 1, the minister said that there were “adequate solutions” to deal with the problem and that there was no...

A social media post by Belgian teacher David Degreef, who turned down a job offer by a Brussels school after being told not to disclose his sexual orientation in class, has sparked a major public debate this week. In a Facebook post, Degreef said he was offered a job at a primary school in Brussels...

Petrol stations in the Netherlands are keeping a close eye on Belgium’s diesel prices this month in the hope that they will go up, “an unexpected windfall for the ailing service stations in the south of the Netherlands," writes De Telegraaf on Thursday. The price of diesel in Belgium may soon be...

The United States has warned Belgium and several other European countries of possible cracks arising in the two-seater version of the F-16 fighter jet. The Belgian Air Force has already had to repair three of its F16s. The US Air Force discovered the structural cracks in more than half of its fleet...

Mussels gathered from the sea at the Belgian coast, and especially near ports, contain relatively high concentrations of chemical substances and too high concentrations of potentially damaging bacteria. That is the conclusion of the Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research ( Ilvo) after...

A 13-year-old boy from Guinea currently in quarantine in Ostend does not have Ebola, the hospital’s chief of staff has announced. The boy was admitted to AZ Damiaan on Sunday suffering from a high fever. He had been sent to Belgium last week by his father because of the serious situation in his...

Day-care centres in Belgium that receive no subsidies from the government are increasingly being forced to raise their prices, writes Het Laatste Nieuws . "If we want to earn as much as our subsidised colleagues, we have to charge parents up to €60 euro per child per day," according to the private...

After analysing more than 75,000 burglaries and attempted home invasions last year, the federal police have concluded that there are about 660 burglar gangs active in Belgium, reports Het Nieuwsblad . "These criminal groups consist of at least three persons, but they have an average of five to 10...