A study indicates that Belgium is the European country in which workers pay most tax, as today marks Belgium’s ‘tax Liberation Day’. For the fourth consecutive year, an EU wide calendar of so-called Tax Liberation Days for typical workers in each of the EU member countries has been released jointly...

More and more customers leave restaurants and bars in Belgium without paying, reports Het Laatste Nieuws. Last year, there were 629 reported cases of ‘dine and dashing’, 15% more than in 2011, official figures from the Federal Police indicate. The real figure is thought to be much higher, because...

Belgians are falling out of love with life insurance, figures from AG Insurance suggest, after the company saw sales fall by 20% in the first half of 2013. Delta Lloyd, for its part, suffered a 11% drop in sales of life insurance policies, De Gazet van Antwerpen and Het Belang van Limburg report...

Belgian pop singer and self-styled ‘soul diva’ Natalia has sparked controversy after her latest video generated over one million views on YouTube overnight. The video for Boom went from 187,000 to 1,250,000 views in a matter of hours, prompting sneers from fellow Belgian artists. "This music...

The Council of State has suspended a bus order worth millions of euros placed by STIB with German manufacturer EvoBus, upholding complaint by Belgian company VDL Bus Roeselare, De Tijd reports. In late June, the Brussels public transport company had announced it had ordered 172 buses from EvoBus,...

It may be the case that the taxman sent you an advance warning saying he had found undeclared income. You subsequently sent him a lengthy explanation showing that your figures were in fact correct. He may have simply replied that he was sticking to his guns. And before you know it, you will receive...

This year’s National Day military parade drew more attention to Brussels’ Place des Palais than usual, and understandably so: it’s not every day that Belgium has a new king. But there is another occasion which puts the cobbled doorstep of the Royal Palace on the map, for a very different reason:...

Al-Qaeda members currently planning new attacks have explicitly mentioned in Belgium in conversations recently intercepted by security services, Het Laatste Nieuws reports today. "The recent increase in security measures at Brussels Midi and at Zaventem and Liège airports is not a routine operation...

Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg are planning to axe roaming charges within the Benelux, although no date has yet been mentioned by the Benelux Office. "The three Benelux countries have expressed their intention to abandon roaming charges within their area," said the Belgian deputy secretary...