Between 250 and 300 people on Sunday ran up 30 flights of stairs in the Sheraton Hotel in central Brussels, to raise money for the UN children's organisation Unicef. Among those taking part in this third edition of the gruelling climb was the organisation's patron in Belgium, the crooner Helmut...

Frenchman Georges Sciberras ( pictured ) has been living in an Aedifica apartment in Brussels since 2011, and every weekend he returns to his family, who live near Lyon. He manages French company Antargaz’s Benelux division, which provides Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany with propane, butane...

Belgacom, Belgium’s state-owned telecommunications company, has installed an interim CEO to replace Didier Bellens, who was dismissed by prime minister Elio di Rupo after he made a series of negative comments. “Repeated criticism and incidents have irrevocably undermined the confidence of the...

Incomes are on the increase across Belgium, according to figures released last week by the federal economy ministry. The national average was €16,106 in 2011, 3.3% higher than in 2010. The residents of Sint-Martens-Latem in East Flanders ( pictured ) have the highest average annual net income – €24...

The second annual Arts Day for Children, which took place yesterday, attracted 30,000 participants across Flanders and Brussels, 5,000 more than last year. The initiative was spearheaded in 2012 by Flemish culture minister Joke Schauvliege, who announced that the third Sunday of every November...

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has launched a new guide to shopping for sustainable fish species. Overfishing is a problem not only in the Atlantic and North Sea, but worldwide, the organisation points out. While much of the damage is caused by indiscriminate fishing by factory ships,...

Old-style car licence plates will have disappeared from the street scene within three years, according to the motoring organisation Febiac. Since November 2010 every new car registered in Belgium has been fitted with EU-style plates, which precede the old-style six symbols – three numerals and...

The Belgian parliament is close to an agreement to extend the right to euthanasia to those under the age of 18. The ruling socialists have put forward new legislation to allow minors the right to euthanasia under certain well-defined conditions. The change in the law has the support of many local...

Carla Dejonghe, a member of the Brussels Parliament, is to spend the next month living on no more than €180. Dejonghe says the idea came to her after a discussion with Thérèse Van Belle, this year's Miss Homeless. According to her, all that remains from the social security benefits she receives,...

Flanders’ minister-president Kris Peeters held his first official meeting yesterday with the new United States ambassador to Belgium, Denise Bauer. They met at the cabinet office of the minister-president on Martelaarsplein in central Brussels. Bauer was appointed by US President Barack Obama in...