The “Napoleon Trail in Wallonia” – a tourist trail retracing the steps of the Emperor in Belgium during his hundred days campaign in 1815 – was officially opened yesterday afternoon by the Walloon Minister for Tourism Paul Furlan. The trail, extending over 94 kilometres from Beaumont to Waterloo,...

Yvan Mayeur, the socialist mayor of Brussels, has banned a campaign planned by Flemish far-right party Vlaams Belang (VB) that involved mobile billboards inviting illegal immigrants to “go home or go to prison” ( pictured ). “We fear a disturbance to the public order,” Mayeur’s office said. The VB...

Wallonia and Ghent have made the Financial Times’ European Cities and Regions of the Future 2014/2015 list, the paper’s biennial shortlist of cities and regions holding high prospects for investment in the coming years. The Walloon region was placed 16th among the top European regions, while Ghent...

Controversy over Belgium’s child euthanasia law has spread to Russia, where members of Duma, Russia’s parliament, have asked the foreign ministry to examine Belgium’s recently passed law to allow child euthanasia and decide if Belgian citizens should be legally banned from adopting Russian children...

A team from the University of Leuven (KU Leuven) led by gynaecologist Thomas D’Hooghe, is performing tests on 20 baboons at the Institute of Primate Research in Kenya. In a report, the Anti-Vivisection Coalition (ADC) pointed out that the baboons are caught in the wild, while the European...

The Belgian hopefuls in the Sochi winter Olympics have failed to seize any medals yet, although speed skater Bart Swings ( pictured ) came close with his fourth-place position. The chances of Olympic glory for Belgium were slim, with a contingent of just seven taking part in the games. Swings, 23,...

Starting today, more than 1,000 drivers begin participating in the trial phase of a kilometre tax for vehicles in the Brussels Regional Express Network Zone (Gewestelijk Expresnet or GEN zone in Dutch), the 30km zone in and around Brussels where a rapid public transit system is being built. The...

More than one in 10 pharmaceutical drugs available on the Belgian market lack efficacy or are even dangerous for the patient. These are the results revealed by the consumers' organisation Test-Aankoop after its recent evaluation of 4,000 drugs (of some 7,000 available on the Belgian market). The...

After years of uncertainty, the government of Flanders has approved the so-called BAM Plan to complete the Antwerp Ring, known as the Oosterweel link. That means work will begin in 2016 on a series of roads and tunnels intended to ease congestion on the ring road, particularly around the port area...

In addition to initiatives like the BOB designated driver campaign, the Belgian Federal Police have decided to step up their fight against driving under the influence with increased night patrols. The announcement came in response to heavy demands made by Police unions and automobile organisations...