The Boury restaurant in Roeselare (West Flanders) was crowned three stars by the 2022 Michelin guide on Monday. Chef Tim Boury joins an exclusive club of three-star establishments in Belgium that already counts Hof van Cleve by Peter Goossens and Zilte by Viki Geunes. The prestigious culinary guide...

Belgian internet users are having their location tracked by giant technology companies an average of 288 times a day. This finding is among the conclusions of a report by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), an NGO active in the protection of privacy. Its research revealed that personal...

Suppliers have profited massively as a result of the explosion of energy prices , and Belgium is now asking for hard data on their earnings as the country looks to negotiate an extension of its two nuclear reactors. “Engie is making indecent profits in this energy crisis,” said Jean-Marc Nollet, co...

Georges Gilkinet, the federal minister for mobility, wants a better correlation between speeding fines and the seriousness of the offence, reports RTBF. He has submitted a proposal for much higher penalties for very serious excesses of speed. "If we really want to change things, we must give a...

The high energy prices are causing an increase in stove sales in Brussels, Bruzz reports, despite wood and pellet burners being particularly bad for air quality. The government has no concrete plans for a ban. Sales for stoves have roughly doubled at Smulders in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, while stove...

A fourth person has been diagnosed with the monkeypox virus in Belgium, KU Leuven announced on Saturday evening. The man identified with the virus is from the province of Liège, RTBF reports. Virologist Marc Van Ranst said the fourth contamination in Belgium, like the three other cases, was linked...

Wearing a mask on public transport will no longer be compulsory from Monday (23 May), Belgium's coronavirus consultative committee has ruled. Masks will still be required in hospitals, pharmacies and doctor's surgeries, and recommended in "very busy places", or when visiting someone in a nursing...