SEO specialist Katrijn Hendrickx, 25, from Lier, Antwerp province talks about what she earns and how she spends it What do you do for a living? I work as an SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) specialist for the Yellow Pages, making sure that our clients' websites pop up as high as possible in search...

Upon reading the word Waterloo, people are split into three camps; those who hear (or start singing) the classic Abba tune; those who think of a leafy town in modern Belgium with a British school and expensive real estate; and those who are transported back to a time of epic battle between the...

Belgian police has recorded eight cases of rape and nine of indecent assault a day since 2010, it has been revealed. Federal and regional ministers have announced an update to the National Plan of Action (PAN), which now features about 250 measures. The ‘PAN 2010-2014’ scheme, adopted in November...

The downward trend in the number of asylum applications is continuing, according to figures released yesterday by the commissioner-general for refugees and stateless persons (CGRA). A total of 1,202 applications were recorded in May - the lowest number since April 2010. The number of asylum...

Suburban sprawl is literally tearing Belgium apart, writes Slate’s Matthew Yglesias . “The basic situation is that Belgium is like three countries in one," he writes. "There's French-speaking Wallonia, there's Dutch-speaking Flanders, and then there's Brussels. Brussels is officially bilingual, but...

A Belgian tour operator is offering "sick notes" to families wanting to take their children on holiday before the end of the school term, in a tongue-in-cheek campaign that has drawn strong criticism from education authorities, writes Reuters’s Robert-Jan Bartunek . "We are handing out free sick...

Vincent Kompany risked his life by playing for nearly an hour with severe facial injuries, writes the Manchester Evening News’ Stuart Brennan . The Belgian captain collided with Serbia goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic after 34 minutes of Belgium’s 2-1 World Cup qualifying win, breaking his nose,...

If you had an income in 2012, you have to declare that income in your 2013 tax return. You should have received a tax return form in April or May; if you have not received your tax forms by the end of May, you should contact your tax office and let them know. You do not have to calculate the tax...

More than 2,600 drivers were breathalysed on Belgian motorways during an operation conducted by the federal traffic police from Saturday night to Sunday morning. A total of 98 people, or 3.6%, were above the legal limit, the federal police said yesterday. The results are consistent with previous...

A Belgian national who left the country to go fight in Syria is thought to have died in the Middle East. He has been named as Tarik Taketloune, a twenty-year-old car mechanic from Vilvoorde, who was studying at Mechelen’s Technical Institute. According to his father, the youngster was killed by a...