Thirty years after the scandal in the old Tamar Catholic hospital in Lommel, Limburg province, a group of Belgian bishops are willing to help the mothers who gave birth there. A special ward was set up at Tamar in the 1970s where pregnant women, usually dealing with an unwanted pregnancy out of...

Six Belgian F16 fighter planes took off from Belgium last Friday to join the international military coalition tackling the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group. A parliamentary vote was needed as the country is currently without a federal government. But the F16s took off for the Middle East before...

The rail authority NMBS/SNCB and its infrastructure partner, Infrabel, have been designated as official suspects in relation to the train crash at Buizingen in February of 2010 in which 19 people died and 162 were injured. The complaint by an investigating magistrate also concerns the driver of one...

Around 7,500 people took part in a demonstration on Sunday in Brussels against the ritual slaughter of sheep without anaesthesia. Animal rights organisation Gaia was behind the demonstration. Gaia asks that the law be changed which allows the slaughter of animals without anaesthesia for religious...

De Muze in Antwerp, one of Belgium’s most famous bars, is closing its doors for good this month, coincidentally on its 50th anniversary. Owner Jan Van Den Braak told Knack that financial problems are the reason for the closure. Founded in 1964 by Walter Masselis and Tone Pauwels, De Muze soon...

If you’re a cinema fan, take advantage of the last few days of BNP Fortis Paribas Film Days . Until Saturday you can watch a movie for €4 in cinemas around the country. The programme of screenings includes premieres and newly-released films. After only two years, the Bozar Electronic Arts Festival...

If Belgian administration wasn’t enough of a hurdle, the long-term financial implications of being an expat in Belgium are an added headache. Hoping to answer all or at least some of your questions, is a free seminar on Saturday, October 11, organised by the British Chamber of Commerce. It covers a...

Several hundred new iPhone 6 smartphones went on sale at midnight last night Friday in three Belgian towns. Apple smartphone fans lined up in Antwerp, Liège and Brussels to buy the latest model at specially arranged evening events run by mobile operators Mobistar and Base. Base had 500 iPhone 6...

From 1 October, tradespeople and professionals will be able to round up receipts to the nearest 0 or 5 euro cent in order to facilitate the gradual phasing out of 1 and 2 euro cent coins. “These coins are often only used once before they are hoarded,” said the federal public service FPS Economy in...

The Belgian fruit sector is being hard hit by the Russian import ban: due to a surplus of fruit on the European market, fruit farmers have seen the price of their apples and pears drop to half their normal price for this time of year, reports De Tijd . “Owing to the crisis with Russia, prices have...