The 22 March terror attacks in Brussels continue to weigh on the number of passengers coming in and out of Brussels Airport, but the figures are improving every week, according to the airport. In the last week of May, the numbers were close to those of the same period last year, writes De Standaard...

By decreasing fat and sugar in processed foods, the amount of calories Belgians consume will be reduced by an average of 5% by the end of 2017, compared to 2012. That is the goal of an agreement that federal health minister Maggie De Block has signed with food industry federation Fevia and retail...

The army’s bomb disposal squad (Dovo) has been using equipment that is illegal in Belgium to jam GSM waves, federal telecommunications minister Alexander De Croo has said. The minister is working on a regulation to make the use of the devices legal. Mobile phones can be used to detonate bombs at a...

Brewers Cantillon in Brussels and Drie Fonteinen in Beersel, just outside the capital, have called on the authorities to address online reselling of speciality beers. According to Jean Van Roy, head brewer at Cantillon, some foreign websites are selling the breweries’ premium beers at up to 10...

Barely a month after introducing a pilot scheme, Brussels mobility minister Pascal Smet has said that painted markings in junctions are not sufficient enough to prevent motorists from blocking them. He now intends to install traffic cameras to catch and fine drivers. The problem relates to...

Brussels directors Adil El Arbi ( above, right ) and Bilall Fallah, who made an impression last year at the Toronto International Film Festival with their film Black , have just taken on a new opportunity in Hollywood: the directing duo will produce the long-awaited fourth installment of Beverly...

A 24-hour non-stop relay organised by the international community of Belgium this weekend aims to raise tens of thousands of euros for cancer research, prevention and treatment. Relay for Life was brought to Belgium from the US in 2011. There were three Relays in Belgium that year - one of which...

The University of Leuven (KU Leuven) is at the number one spot on Thomson Reuters’ new list of Europe’s Most Innovative Universities, compiled by the media giant’s Intellectual Property & Science division. Ghent University (UGent) ranked 22nd, while the Free University of Brussels (VUB) just...

Belgium's federal minister for mobility François Bellot ( pictured ) is opposed to any requests for more flights at Brussels Airport, he said in an interview with L'Echo . He advises the airport operator to aim instead for increased aircraft capacity at the airport. “The texts guarantee 250,000...

About 1.6% of Belgians who drink landed in the emergency room last year due to the effects of alcohol abuse, writes De Standaard based on the most recent Global Drug Survey (GDS2016). Belgians have an above-average risk of developing a drinking problem, the survey shows, and yet they are among the...