On Sunday, around 365 Belgian companies opened their doors to the public during the annual Open Company Day. Some 650,000 people took advantage of the opportunity to have a look behind the scenes and see how their favourite products are made, reports deredactie.be. The first Sunday of October is...

Place de Brouckère is pedestrianised this weekend for Nuit Blanche on Saturday night and Brussels Marathon on Sunday. Avoid driving along Boulevards Anspach, Jacqmain and Max, from dawn Saturday until Sunday evening. The car-free zone provides a taster for a planned pedestrian zone in the city...

Residents of Belgium with a diploma from another country now have one place they can go to find information on getting it recognised. The new website mydiploma.be is an initiative of Brussels employment and training agency Actiris to help local expats obtain recognition of the qualifications they...

About 2,000 students from across Belgium, but particularly from Dutch-speaking universities, demonstrated in Brussels yesterday against money-saving measures in higher education. In total, the government of Flanders needs to cut the education budget by €190 million, and higher education is taking...

In Belgium, one in three people born between 1977 and 1994 say that they are not planning to buy or lease a car any time before 2019. The figures come from a large-scale study by the international consultancy Deloitte. In all of Europe, about one in four young people claim to not need a car. The...

The Belgian supermarket chain Colruyt has announced the opening of the first branch of 'Cru' at the end of November in a renovated farmhouse in Overijse. With the new store concept, the supermarket group based in Halle intends to offer authentic quality products in a “market atmosphere”. Cru will...

The financial capability of European countries last year rose above the level of before the financial crisis in 2008s. In Belgium, the financial capability rose by nearly 20% between 2007 and 2013. The figures, published in the annual Wealth Report Europe from Swiss private banking group Julius...

Autumn is the time of plenty, when trees are drooping heavily with the last fruits of the year and thick-skinned gourds lie swollen on the ground. The season is so associated with agricultural practices of harvest-time that the Dutch word for autumn is herfst, literally “harvest”. The harvest...

The European Commission has raised strong objections to the €15 million subsidy approved by the outgoing Di Rupo government for Brussels Airlines. A thorough investigation has been ordered. According to the government, the aid is for Brussels Airport, part of a €19.4 million package to be shared...

Belgians over the age of 60 have less income security than seniors in neighbouring countries, according to figures from the Global AgeWatch Index , HelpAge International's ranking of 96 countries based on how well their ageing populations fare in four domains: income, health, capability and...