The number of bakeries in Belgium has fallen by 25% in just 10 years, according to the official figures. Closures were especially high in Brussels and Wallonia, where an estimated two bakeries a month closed every month for the last decade. The economy ministry said both artisan bakeries and larger...

Two days after Belgium’s triple elections on 9 June, the francophone liberal Mouvement Réformateur (MR) and centrist Les Engagés are the first parties out of the blocks in the race to form new governments. The two winners in the south of the country, MR (26 seats) and Les Engagés (17), now enjoy a...

In its continuing mission to foster internationalism, the Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management at ULB in Brussels has launched two new English-language Bachelor programmes. Registrations are already open for both the Bachelor in Business Engineering and the Bachelor in Economics ,...

Haren prison – a project that was controversial from the outset – is continuing to cause problems, prison bosses and lawyers have said. The main issue is that this mega 18-hectare village with a capacity of 1,190 places inaugurated in 2022 is just too far, about 10km, from the centre of Brussels,...

Belgium’s latest campaign to sell state bonds resulted in more than €482.4 million being raised, according to figures from the Federal Debt Agency. The most popular bond sold was the one-year note, which brought in €472.3 million. The eight-year bond sales brought in another €10.1 million. The...

A food safety check at the Midi market in Brussels uncovered 39 breaches among 54 stallholders. The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) carried out a major inspection operation at the Midi market, Bruzz reports. “We had to impose measures on more than seven out of 10 traders,”...

Following his party’s defeat in the national elections, prime minister Alexander De Croo (Open VLD) formally tendered his resignation on Monday morning after a visit to King Philippe. While De Croo remains caretaker prime minister, a new coalition is needed to run the country. Involving seven...

Belgian prime minister Alexander De Croo announced his resignation on Sunday evening following his liberal party Open VLD‘s battering in Sunday’s national elections. While the country shifted to the right there was no landslide from the far-right as polls had predicted. Nationalist party N-VA now...

Belgian centre-right party Mouvement Réformateur (MR) was the big winner in Brussels and Wallonia, while right-wing parties N-VA and Vlaams Belang came almost neck-and-neck to secure the most votes in Flanders in yesterday's regional elections. In Brussels, MR came top in the regional poll with 26...