Dealing with everyday financial matters takes time; learning about tax structures, pension planning and investments even more. As an expat, you may have a look to financial advisors or a bank for help, and it’s worth spending time finding the right support. A good financial advisor will make your...

TEDxBrussels is has always been an exhilarating brain spa. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and...

The Belgian Brewers Association wants to do something about the declining beer consumption in Belgium, which has dropped to a historic low of an average of one pint a day, writes Het Nieuwsblad . Therefore, the brewers are launching a media campaign, involving TV and radio spots and ads in...

Shopping online is much less common in Belgium than in neighbouring countries, according to a survey by Eurostat. Of the Belgian internet users surveyed, 55 percent had purchased something online in the past 12 months. This figure is considerably lower than in the Netherlands (69 percent), Germany...

“Belgium is climbing out of the depths,” said prime minister Elio di Rupo in his State of the Union speech yesterday. In an upbeat message to the House of Representatives, he said that the government had “regained trust” but that there was still important work to be done. the prime minister was...

Flanders is in the top three in Europe when it comes to satisfaction with life, according to the latest Flemish Regional Indicators (Vrind) published yesterday by the Flemish government. Other figures indicate that the region is making progress on economic sustainability and on the numbers of young...

The multidisciplinary transplant team of Leuven’s University Hospital has succeeded in preserving a pair of donor lungs for more than 11 hours before transplantation. That is the longest period known worldwide. The multidisciplinary transplant team of Leuven’s University Hospital has succeeded in...

Belgium's federal government has saved €15m on energy after awarding utility company Electrabel a contract last year for a group purchase on behalf of 1,500 public buildings, SeeNews reports. According to Servais Verherstraeten, state secretary for the public buildings administration, bundling...

Police in Belgium have launched a series of inspections at sheep farms in the area outside Brussels in order to obtain information about people who plan to slaughter a sheep in their own home as part of celebrations to mark the Feast of Sacrifice (Eid Al-Adha) which falls today, several Belgian...

Belgium is the top packaging recycler among all 27 EU member states, according to figures from 2011 released by Eurostat, reports Recycling International . Belgium tops the table with a rate of 80.2%, followed by the Netherlands and Germany on, respectively, 71.9% and 71.8%. At the bottom of the...