The number of pensioners in Belgium continues to rise, according to the annual report of the National Pensions Office (RvP). More and more Belgians retire with a combined career of both employed and self-employed work. The number of pensioners in Belgium has been growing steadily since 2009. In...

As a precautionary measure, the Superior Health Council has sent guidelines to all hospitals and doctors in Belgium on how to deal with patients who have the Ebola virus. In West Africa, the worst Ebola epidemic ever has caused the deaths of more than 700 people and is spreading fast. “The danger...

How many tourists in Brussels know that the two most famous Brontë sisters, Charlotte and Emily, lived here for a time? Probably not many, which is a pity as most visitors to the city – whatever their nationality - will have at least heard of the Brontës and many will have read one of their books...

Belgium suffered five times more casualties in the First World War than previously thought, according to the results of a research project in which volunteers across the country counted the names on war memorials in every municipality. “Results showed that not 5,000 Belgian citizens were killed...

One hundred years to the day after the German Army marched into Belgium, world leaders gathered in collective remembrance of the conflict that cost the lives of 10 million soldiers. Foreign heads of state and delegations visited Liège, Leuven and Mons yesterday in a flagship day for Belgium’s four-...

Currently in Belgium there are about 103,000 self-employed 20-somethings, an increase of 10% compared to last year, reports Het Nieuwsblad based on figures from the National Institute for Social Insurance for Independents (RSVZ/INASTI). The increased interest could be partially due to the...

According to the Price Observatory’s quarterly report, published by the Belgian Federal Institute of National Accounts (INR), real estate in Belgium is 9% overvalued. The figures do not take into account the quality of the houses, but their net worth compared to average incomes. The report also...

The Brussels municipality of Ixelles has established a set of rules for people who feed feral cats, and mapped out specified feeding posts so that the cats can be sterilised more easily, reports Brusselnieuws.be. The municipality already has 10 candidates who are responsible for regularly feeding...

King Philippe and Queen Mathilde this morning welcomed a gathering of world leaders and royal figures in Liège to mark the anniversary of the start of the First World War. Today is the 100th anniversary of the invasion of Belgium by German forces, and the start of the First World War, triggered by...