Flights taken by Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde last year took €143,138 out of the defense ministry budget, reports Het Laatste Nieuws. The royal couple's travels include seven trips to Switzerland and five trips to France, according to figures released by defense minister Steven...

The internet in general and social media in particular are increasingly responsible for the growth in sales of counterfeit goods, according to federal consumer affairs minister Kris Peeters. Last year economic inspectors confiscated 320,000 counterfeit articles, fewer than the year before, but in a...

The engine room of the former Wielemans-Ceuppens brewery in the Brussels municipality of Forest has all the hallmarks of machines from the heyday of the industrial revolution – large metal wheels, piston rods and measuring equipment to direct the steel giants. It’s not hard to imagine that they...

The maintenance of Belgium's roads, tunnels, bridges and viaducts is practically non-existent, and the situation in Brussels is even "disastrous", according to ORI, the sectoral organisation of engineering and consultancy firms in Belgium. Flanders is doing slightly better, said the federation in...

The introduction in 1998 of an obligatory Dog ID in Belgium has made it easier to gain an overview of the country's dog population. The database for the identification and registration of dogs in Belgium reveals not only the most popular breeds, but the most popular names, as well. In the Brussels-...

Children in Belgium have more access to the justice system than anywhere else in the world, according to the results of a survey by the Child Rights International Network (CRIN). The first-ever global study on children's access to justice ranks countries according to how effectively minors can use...

Belgian telecommunications company Telenet will move its official headquarters from Mechelen ( pictured ) to Brussels as the result of the company's recent acquisition of mobile operator BASE, write various Belgian media. Telenet's strategic decisions will from now on be made from Brussels, at the...

A Syrian academic is encouraging refugees in Belgium to continue their education, through a unique university programme that offers people fleeing war zones the chance of a better future. Dr Mohammad Salman came to Belgium five years ago to study international relations at the Free University of...

Unions representing staff at the national air traffic control agency Belgocontrol have begun industrial action today. The action was announced before the start of the February school holiday, with a promise that holiday traffic would not be affected. Staff will boycott training for new routes due...

The Brussels public transport company STIB in 2014 reported 250 injuries to people who were involved in an accident with a tram or bus, in addition to four lives that were lost in the same year. The figures were provided by Brussels mobility minister Pascal Smet in response to a request from...