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Former Belgian prime minister Yves Leterme (pictured) will remain in his post as Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for a furthe
The timeless tradition of Trappist beer brewing could soon shift away from the European continent for the first time ever, with a new Trappist beer being prepared in Massachusetts in the US.
Shopping online is much less common in Belgium than in neighbouring countries, according to a survey by Eurostat.
“Belgium is climbing out of the depths,” said prime minister Elio di Rupo in his State of the Union speech yesterday.
In 2011, the average working Belgian earned a gross monthly salary of €3,192, according to official figures from the Federal Public Service Economy.
Just before the end of the summer holiday, another ten Muslim youth from Vilvoorde have left for Syria.
Chairman of the francophone liberal party MR, Charles Michel, is advocating a tax reform in 2014 that would cut taxes by €5 billion and generate up to 100,000 jobs.
More than half (53 percent) of the houses in Belgium are older than 52 years, and more than half of the apartment buildings (52 percent) are older than 43 years, according to figures from the Fina
On September 7, the little-known Belgian Prince Hadrien de Croÿ (32) is set to marry Jacqueline-Ariadrie Desmarais (23), the wealthy granddaughter of former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.
