Belgium has made working from home compulsory again, as part of a range of new measures aimed at stopping the fourth wave of coronavirus. The remote working requirement applies to all private sector companies and public bodies, unless the nature of the job makes it impossible. It will still be...

Anyone who keeps poultry must confine their birds after the H5N1 bird flu virus was detected in a wild goose in Schilde, Antwerp province, earlier this week. The order to keep the animals caged comes from the Federal Food Agency (FASFC) and federal agriculture minister David Clarinval. "This...

From 22 to 28 November, ExAequo, the non-profit organisation that promotes sexual health among homosexual and bisexual men, will organise free HIV, syphilis and hepatitis C tests in Brussels and Wallonia. "In Belgium, gay and bisexual men are still disproportionately affected by HIV,” the...

In a ceremony this evening, the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is finally awarding the five honorary doctorates it announced two years ago. The event was postponed from 2020 because of the coronavirus crisis. The doctorates are being awarded to five international professionals whose work has in...

The pre- and primary school Kameleon in Anderlecht has promised to take steps to prevent children from leaving the building unaccompanied, after a four-year-old made a run for it on Monday. The little boy had wandered about a kilometre from the school when he was found. The incident took place...

Every year, the decision over which Christmas tree will take pride of place on the Grand-Place in Brussels is taken very seriously. The search for the perfect tree is usually long and meticulous, and sometimes goes way beyond Belgium’s borders. For instance, in 2014 the Brussels Christmas tree came...

Belgium continues to improve in the world ranking of the best non-native English speakers with the latest edition of the EF English Proficiency Index placing it in sixth place. The Zurich-based international education company EF Education First recently published the 2021 edition which analyses...