The official start of spring is still a month away, yet this year’s continued mild winter weather is already causing early blooms. As we also cautiously emerge premature from our winter cocoons, the warmth gives us new courage to dig into the Belgian landscape and unearth its most secret - and...

The Belgium government has been told it is not doing enough to clamp down on tax evaders and money launderers, and now is the time to take action. Leading the way is the Attorney General at the Court of Appeal in Brussels, Lucien Nouwynck (pictured above), who says that more must be done to get a...

Catching a lift to work or home from the bar just got a lot easier for those living in Brussels as the car sharing service Uber has finally arrived. Already popular in other countries, the American-based service connects passengers to drivers through the use of a smartphone app. The service, which...

For the past seven years, the Flemish Parliament has organised exhibitions of art and design in a beautiful Art Deco interior in Brussels. De Loketten has housed the work of such artists as Panamarenko and Jan Fabre, as well as the annual Henry van de Velde designers exhibition and fashion and...

Last year was not a profitable one for the Belgian chemical company Solvay after it revealed its 2013 net profits took a significant dip. The international giant is now looking to restructure in order to bring its margins back to meet expectations for 2014. The company’s profits fell by nearly half...

Flanders’ most famous art curator, Jan Hoet, died last night in a Ghent hospital at the age of 77. Hoet was a flamboyant and charismatic figure who shook up the local art world time and again. He became the director of Ghent’s contemporary art museum in the 1970s and made headlines when, in the...

An honour normally only bestowed on British nationals was given to one of Belgium’s own yesterday. Jacques Rogge, the former International Olympic Committee President, received an honorary knighthood at London’s Buckingham Palace for his years helming the post as the IOC chief, but especially for...

You don’t have to walk far in Brussels to see that it is not one of the world’s cleanest cities. The capital of Europe has been trying for years to tackle the problem of rubbish on the streets – whether illegal dumping or citizen carelessness. But so far the results have been unimpressive. The...

Latest employment figures released Monday reveal that up to 50 percent of young people in some neighbourhoods in Brussels are without a job. The news has city officials calling for action. Some politicians are suggesting that the problems begin with language. According to Jean-Luc Vanraes, a...