The UK’s Prince William and Princess Kate plan to visit Belgium in August this year, as part of the First World War commemorations. The couple, accompanied by Prince Harry, will make an appearance during a ceremony at the military cemetery of St. Symphorien near Mons. According to The Sunday Times...

Snacks and candy manufacturers in Belgium made a turnover of €2.1 billion last year, a new record, reports Gazet van Antwerpen on the basis of figures from Studiecentrum Snacks en Zoetwaren (SSZ). The study revealed a sales increase of 2% on the previous year. The largest sales increase was...

Sunday shopping in the historic centre of Antwerp will soon be possible, after federal ministers approved a request from the city council. Shopkeepers and industry representatives called for extra protective measures for workers before they accept the change. The council required the approval of...

A majority of employees without indefinite contracts at Flemish community centres in Brussels have lost their jobs as a result of an examination, given to all staff with temporary contracts. The failure rate of the recruitment and promotions exam was 60%, with more results to come. The personnel...

Students from music and drama schools in Brussels and Wallonia show off their talent in the performing arts event Festival Courants d’Air that runs until Sunday. Organised by Brussels Conservatory it is staged at multiple venues in the city centre, including Halles-Saint Géry, La Bellone and...

The Belgian Football Association has officially applied to become co-organiser of the European Football Championship in 2020, it announced yesterday during a press conference in Brussels’ City Hall. Euro 2020 will be played in 13 different countries. It took a long time for an agreement to be...

The Brussels municipality of Schaarbeek is the only Belgian candidate selected for the Mayors Challenge, an ideas competition for innovative urban projects. To collect information on the energy consumption of its houses, Schaarbeek wants to deploy a drone that will fly over the houses and create 3D...

The food industry in Belgium grew last year by 1.5% to a value of more than €48 billion, according to the latest annual report from the industry federation Fevia. Taken together with a shrinkage of 3.3% across the industry in 2013, this means the food sector is now the country’s largest sector,...

Most Belgian shoppers still prefer to shop in physical stores instead of online via a mobile device, according to a survey by marketing and technology agency DigitasLBI. In a comparison of 12 countries, Belgians come out as the least likely to purchase online via their smartphone or tablet. "There...

Brussels’ largest taxi company Taxi Verts has launched a new app, eCab, for smartphones and tablets. Taxis Verts is launching the app shortly after the commotion around the ban on Uber, a private rideshare app, in the capital. “The timing is a coincidence,” says Michel Pêtre Taxi Verts. "We live in...