The Belgian Debt Agency will issue two new state notes on Monday 16 September, the first with a maturity of one year and the second with a maturity of 10 years, the institution has announced. The rate for each of the savings bonds will be announced next Tuesday and the subscription period will run...

Eurostar services have gradually returned to normal after major delays and cancellations due to a train accident near Tournai on Tuesday. A French high-speed TGV collided with a tractor trailer which had become detached and was stuck on a level crossing, leaving four train passengers injured, one...

Public sector workers in Molenbeek have complained that working conditions are "deplorable" within the municipal administration. They presented a "call for help" to the local council this week in the form of a petition signed by more than 800 workers. The union is particularly critical of the state...

Tiger mosquitoes have been spotted in nine places in Belgium since May, with more than 800 total reports of potential tiger sightings since the start of the year. Reports made on the citizen surveillance platform SurveillanceMoustiques this year exceed last year's total by more than 100 reports...

Belgium prepares to celebrate the 80th anniversary of its liberation from Nazi occupation during World War Two with festivities, ceremonies and tributes across the country. Some three months after the Allies landed in Normandy on D-Day, Hainaut capital Mons was the first Belgian city to be...

Verdonck stadium, in the Scheut area of Anderlecht, will soon open to local residents after being abandoned for almost 20 years. Anderlecht council and the Wallonia-Brussels Federation that owns the site have finally reached an agreement to open the stadium for public use. The decision was made...

With Brussels’ municipal elections, on 13 October, fast approaching, debate continues on how to advertise the various parties' and candidates' merits. Many businesses feel pressured by politicians to accept election posters gracing their shopfronts. One Brussels municipality, Berchem-Sainte-Agathe...

Recent measures introduced to curb gambling are not having an effect, according to the sector’s recently released 2023 annual report. Gambling took in Belgium took in €1.7 billion in profits last year - “an absolute record” according to officials. Those record profits come in spite of the measures...

With more and more ticket offices closing, even at Brussels’ main stations including Brussels-Central, campaign groups and rail unions are voicing concern. “Human contact and service are not what they used to be,” said Gery Baele, spokesperson for the Walloon travellers’ association Navetteurs.be...