A man has been arrested in the south of France for the shooting death of three people at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels last month. The suspect has been identified as 29-year-old Mehdi Nemmouche, from Roubaix, France, close to the Belgian border. He is said to have become radicalised in...

Police have arrested a man in connection with the stabbing death of a young man on the Markt square in Bruges. The man turned himself in to police in his home town of Leuven. The attack took place in the early morning hours of Friday, May 30. A second assailant has been identified but remains at...

The Belgian federal police last year caught a record number of 1,456,073 speeders, an increase of more than 17% compared to 2012. Five years ago, police caught 557,818 drivers over the speed limit, or about one-third of the number last year. The sharp increase is partially due to the higher number...

A number of new or updated Belgian laws entered into effect on June 1, 2014. Here are seven of them: 1. Brussels Airlines now allows electronic devices such as smartphones, tablets and e-readers to be used throughout their flights, including take-off and landing, as long as they are in airplane...

In Brussels yesterday, the famous statue of Manneken Pis was dressed up in traditional African rancher garb and made to “pee milk” instead of water in honour of World Milk Day. Initiator is the Belgian organisation Veterinarians Without Borders. The organisation’s aim is to draw attention to...

Kirsten Flipkens and Yanina Wickmayer only made it to the second round of the French Open in Roland Garros, Paris, before both being knocked out yesterday. Flipkens, ranked 22nd in the world, surprisingly succumbed 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to Israel’s Julia Glushko, who is currently ranked only 98. Flipkens...

The Council of State yesterday overturned the environmental permit granted to the controversial shopping and leisure centre Uplace, planned for construction in Machelen near Brussels, close to the Vilvoorde viaduct. It argued that the principle of impartiality had been breached. Flemish environment...

A 19-year-old man was stabbed to death on Bruges’s main square around 5.00 on Friday morning. Police are searching for two suspects in the case. The crime was picked up by a tourist webcam that streams live images of the square over the internet. The victim was immediately transferred to hospital,...

What do you do? I work at the chocolate factory of Barry Callebaut in Lebbeke-Wieze (Dendermonde) as an electro-mechanic in the maintenance department. I’m in charge of the preventative upkeep of machines in the chocolate coating section of the production line. For the moment I switch between...

The Socialist Party (PS) started the consultation process today for the formation of a new Brussels government, with Belgium’s vice-prime minister Laurette Onkelinx leading the talks. Normally, the PS would not start negotiations until Monday, but the party suddenly decided to get a head-start on...