The Brussels-Capital Region is to provide €275,000 to help fight terrorism and combat radicalisation. The funding will go to finance an educational project set up by the 39-year-old playwright Ismaël Saidi ( pictured ), author of Jihad , a short play about three young radicalised Muslims who leave...

According to the Euro Health Consumer Index, which annually compares the healthcare systems in 36 European countries, Belgium currently has the sixth best healthcare provision in Europe. The report described the Belgian system as “generous and focused on good service”. In recent years the system...

According to a survey of 3,009 people conducted by the Belgian Foundation against Cancer, potential measures to combat smoking in Belgium would meet with little resistance, even from smokers themselves. A whopping 91% of Belgians, for example, are in favour of a ban on smoking in cars when minors...

Budget cuts to public transport outside of Brussels will not contribute to improving the city’s traffic congestion, according to the Capital Region’s mobility minister, Pascal Smet. Smet was reacting to news from motoring organisation Touring that showed that traffic last year reached an all-time...

Belgian prime minister Charles Michel has announced plans for an international tour to boost Belgium's image abroad, write De Tijd and Het Nieuwsblad . The exact destinations have yet to be determined, but the tour will focus on countries with high economic growth. Premier Michel has already put...

In 2015, there were 755 traffic deaths on Belgian roads, an increase of 4% compared to the previous year, when there were 727 traffic fatalities, writes Het Laatste Nieuws. S everal factors played a role in the increase, according to experts, including unusually good weather, the revival of the...

Peter Vandenameele performs his job with great passion. He is very interested in the emergency services and is a collector of miniature ambulances. What is your job? I work in the emergency department of the Sint-Andries Hospital in Tielt, where I am an ambulance driver for the 112 emergency...

Brussels is full of job opportunities, but with a regular influx of enthusiastic new faces all looking to get on the ladder and further their careers, it can be hard to ensure you get the job you want. We speak to four recruitment experts about what’s needed to get ahead in Belgium. Alison Peever...

Unions representing rail staff will begin a 48-hour strike this evening at 22.00, following the breakdown of talks with federal mobility minister Jacqueline Galant. The strike is officially supported only by French-speaking unions, but the effects are expected to be felt nationwide. The unions had...

Employers use social network site Facebook to screen job applicants, according to results of research carried out by researchers at Ghent University (UGent). The team used 2,000 fictitious applications to compile the findings. Researchers did not include photographs with the CVs they sent. Each...