The new CEO of Belgacom, Dominique Leroy, will be allowed to earn more than the new salary limit set by the government for state-controlled concerns, the federal minister of government enterprises said yesterday. Leroy’s salary could go as high as €800,000, once bonuses and other benefits are taken...

Plans for one of the world’s biggest electronic music festivals to expand to two weekends in celebration of its 10th anniversary have hit a roadblock. Belgium’s Tomorrowland had been hoping to take advantage of its immense popularity by holding the event over two weekends instead of one in 2014,...

Speeding motorists in Belgium will now have to contend with a new deterrent as the country’s police have begun using the latest system to slow down drivers, and stuff the coffers in the process. The new speed traps have already proven to be successful with 17,000 fines already on the books. The new...

The future is now. Belgians with debts to the tax authorities have traditionally been contacted by telephone, but new methods will make it a lot more difficult to ignore the call. The Belgian Federal Fiscal Administration will soon make it common practice to contact people using SMS, email and...

Following in the footsteps of December’s well above average temperatures, January continued with warm weather more suited for the springtime. Forecasters are predicting that the mild temperatures will continue, making this one of the warmest winters on record. The thermostat maintained an average...

Unions representing staff of the home decoration chain Home Market have described the company’s decision to close all 41 stores in Belgium as “a bolt out of the blue”. The news of the closures came yesterday afternoon after a brief meeting of the enterprise board. The company said the difficult...

The Sportpaleis in Antwerp and Ancienne Belgique in Brussels have been listed among the most popular concert venues in the world by the American concert industry magazine Pollstar . “Flanders has once again shown it can operate at the top of the world in the music industry,” said Jan Van Esbroeck,...

The plan to close Brussels' downtown core around the Bourse and Place De Brouckere is attracting as many ideas as criticism as to how best to make it work. A long debate ensued on Monday night during a Brussels municipal meeting that focused on making sure that the proposed pedestrian zone is...