The best DJs in the world are Belgian - according to a global poll of more than a million music-lovers. Flemish-Greek duo Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike were crowned number one in the world at the DJ Mag Top 100 ceremony during this week's Amsterdam Music Festival. The brothers from Willebroek -...

A pair of tree thieves were caught red-handed trying to make away with €5,000 worth of wood in the Sonian Forest. Forest rangers had long suspected that an organised gang were stealing trunks that had been felled ready for auction. During a routine patrol early one morning, a ranger spotted a truck...

Some 62 travel agencies operating under the Thomas Cook/Neckermann brand will reopen their doors on Monday, after being rescued from potential bankruptcy. Spanish tour operator Wamos bought the travel shops earlier this month, saving 200 jobs that were under threat when Thomas Cook applied for...

Brussels' famous Manneken-Pis statue is 400 years old this year - and the city has announced a full range of events to celebrate. In 1619, the Brussels city government ordered a new Manneken-Pis statue to replace the existing one - which had first appeared in administrative records in 1451 and was...

Start it @KBC, the country’s largest accelerator for start-up companies, will from now on also assist fledgling entrepreneurs with their mental health needs. Start-up accelerators like Start it @KBC help young companies grow by offering mentoring, funding and access to business networks. At Start...

What is your job? I take care of the installation and maintenance of IT network infrastructures for companies. For example, think of such infrastructures as firewalls, switches and VPN accesses. Either I work from my office, or I go to the customer to solve any problems on-site. Do you like your...

About 400 people dressed in black gathered in Brussels city centre on Sunday afternoon in protest at the eventual conditional release of paedophile and child killer Marc Dutroux and the release already of his accomplice Michel Lelièvre. The "black march" took place 23 years after the white march –...

1. While digitalisation is changing the world, including money and banking, the first contact your children have with money is still likely to be cash. This tangible connection helps you teach your children that if you lose it or spend it, it’s gone; collecting coins in a glass jar shows them in a...

Few products are more widely recognised as Belgian than fries. Accordingly, potato processing company Lutosa takes great pride in its own national identity, aiming to export not just its product but also its local identity, know-how and flavours worldwide. Its main product is frozen fries, which...

A complex of new buildings was inaugurated this week at the main campus of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), marking the largest expansion in the university’s history. The teaching, research and student facilities they provide will underpin VUB’s continued growth, and fill the gap left by the...