As an international nomad you can freewheel, following good weather around the globe or pursuing personal or work interests, and such a life could also have its fiscal advantages. Imagine you’ve cashed in your pension and are living off capital. Every year, from May to August you live in Brussels,...

There will be train services this Tuesday, 5 November, the rail authority NMBS said, but they could be severely disrupted, due to industrial action by the ASTB union. The union is protesting against the new rail timetable, which comes into force on 15 December, and which, ASTB says, will result in...

The cost of a train ticket with the Benelux train from Brussels to The Hague will go up next month by 8%, with additional increases for journeys with connections to other destinations, the Dutch rail authority NS said. However they denied this was a price increase, arguing it is a return to the pre...

Do your homework: invest in products you understand; study the small print before you buy; understand the risks and what return is expected or guaranteed. Know how to get out and at what cost. Be aware of the taxation of the product according to your personal situation. Property can be a long-term...

I feel like a recalcitrant student, deliberately ignoring exam instructions. The second round of the BritCham Bake-off has set some pretty stringent conditions: a pastry bottom and top (can be latticed), served outside its dish and containing at least one item of fruit. Maybe I’ve been on the...

Anderlecht football club has demanded an increased allocation of tickets for the club's return match against Paris St-Germain (PSG) at the Parc des Princes in the French capital ( photo ) on Tuesday 5 November, despite the threat of clashes between Belgian and French fans. When the two teams met...

Plans by the Flemish government to increase the capacity of the Brussels Ring will expose almost one million people to an increased risk of health problems caused by fine particulates, according to the Flemish environmental organisation Bond Beter Leefmilieu (BBL). BBL, according to a press release...

On the second day of announcements leading up to its congress in January, the Flemish nationalist party N-VA unveiled a radical plan for Brussels yesterday, which would strip the capital of its status as a full region. There would be just two regions left under the N-VA’s plan – Flanders and...

The city of Antwerp has banned the possession and use of fireworks in public places over the next three months. In normal circumstances, setting off fireworks and firecrackers, as well as lighting fires, are banned in public places at all times. The new Antwerp regulation goes further, banning the...

There are many reasons to visit Amsterdam: the canals, the bustling city life, the parks and the many museums, including the Van Gogh and the Rijksmuseum. The latter reopened in April 2013, after almost 10 years of renovation. It’s in the borough known as Amsterdam-South, which is a great area to...