Both Chez Moeder Lambic bars and the Cantillon brewery in Anderlecht have made the list of the world’s best beer destinations, compiled annually by the website RateBeer.com. Lambic and geuze café In de Verzekering Tegen de Grote Dorst in Lennik, just outside Brussels, came in second place. The...

For the first time in Belgium, the majority of public prosecutors and court judges are women, a number that is expected to continue to increase, as 60% of law students at the Universities of Leuven and Ghent are women, report Het Nieuwsblad and Het Gazet van Antwerpen . Female public prosecutors...

Brewer AB InBev and transport company Ninatrans are the first in Belgium to receive a permit to deploy a Longer and Heavy Truck – also known as an ecocombi or “super truck” ( pictured ). The super trucks will drive between Ninatrans base in Leuven and the port of Antwerp on a daily basis. The first...

Finding your fridge stuffed with odd-looking forms that you suspect are vegetables but have no idea what they’re called or what to do with them? You may be looking at some of Belgium’s “forgotten vegetables”, the former staples of Belgian pantries and vegetable gardens which at some point over the...

Train passengers in Belgium are more likely to not have their tickets checked by a conductor, according to a random check by public transport users' organisation TreinTramBus and its Walloon counterpart Navetteurs.be . On 436 train rides, only 44% of the passengers were asked to show their tickets...

Antwerp mayor Bart De Wever ( pictured ) has rejected a request by the Belgian anti-Islam movement Pegida Vlaanderen (formerly called Vlativa) to stage a march on Monday in the city. A counter demonstration by the organisation Hart boven hard has also been banned. The new Belgian anti-Islam...

Belgian tennis player Yanina Wickmayer came back from a set down to overcome Italy’s 14th seed Sara Errani and reach the fourth round at the Australian Open for the first time since 2010. Wickmayer ( pictured ) defeated Errani 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 at the Hisense Arena in Melbourne, continuing her...

Brussels Airport last year responded 13 times to a crash alert, an alarm sent out by an aircraft in distress while approaching the national airport, including both cargo and passenger aircraft. The figure has not been this low in 30 years, according to a survey by fire and emergency medical care...

Belgian municipalities last year registered 24,360 living wills for euthanasia, report the Sudpresse newspapers today based on figures from Federal Public Health. That's 3,946 more than in 2013. A mentally competent adult can have a living will drawn up in advance to explicitly request voluntary...

Brussels is burning. Between terrorist raids, growing manifestations for and against the presence of Islam in Europe, and protests against the policies of the new federal government, there is much chew over for the politically-minded Brusselaar. But where do you go to hash out the latest...