A network of 11 people suspected of human trafficking were arrested in a large-scale police action earlier this week involving forces from across the country, the Leuven prosecutor’s office has announced. The group is thought to have taken part in a plan to transport migrants illegally to the UK...

Police are preparing to implement speed checks on electric bikes, according to the Minister of the Interior Jan Jambon. The police are keen to put an end to “dangerous situations” arising from the use of electric bikes. The Federal Public Service Economy recently noted that several electric bikes...

Ever since Lonely Planet discovered the capital of East Flanders in 2009, there’s no travel guide that hasn’t added Ghent to its list of favourites. The city’s international reputation might soon receive an additional boost, but this time not for its merits as a travel destination. Ghent’s Daniël...

A fishing boat sailing under the Belgian flag off the coast of Kent, UK, in the English Channel was reported as missing on Wednesday evening. The boat has four people on board, one of them Belgian. “Everything leads us to believe that the boat has sunk,” said a spokesperson for the Dutch coast...

Barack Obama, France and “its sister” Belgium are the subject of threats from Islamic State (IS) in a video circulating on the internet. In the video Islamic State threatens Belgium with attacks. “We are warning you that we will come to you with car bombs and explosives,” states an IS member before...

The regional governments of Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia will come together with the federal government every month for meetings of the Joint Committee to discuss the country’s major challenges such as the budget and terrorism. During a meeting of the Joint Committee yesterday, prime minister...

On Tuesday Toerisme Vlaanderen (Flanders Tourism) announced the winners of its 2014 Toerisme Vlaanderen awards. Notable winners included the Ghent Design Museum and the Botel cargo ship in Ophoven, Limburg province. Each year Toerisme Vlaanderen seeks out inspiring tourism projects, products and...

Experts from the universities of Brussels, Leuven, Ghent and Antwerp have written to the ministers of public health and science and innovation to demand more support for research on chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), which they say is still an underestimated and little-studied disorder. According to...

If you’ve moved to Belgium to work for a European or international organisation, such as the European Commission, Nato, or a non-governmental organisation (NGO), then you’ve got a choice to make — will you be Belgian or will you be “special”? Of course, this question is in reference to the type of...

Name: François Lafontaine Nationality: Belgian Age: 40 Location: Brussels Sector: Cafe The World Economic Forum recently reported that Belgians are less interested in entrepreneurship these days. François Lafontaine is certainly not among this crowd. Although you probably won’t recognise his name,...