Belgium is ready to take part in an international coalition against the Islamic State (IS), if it is so called upon, said outgoing prime minister Elio Di Rupo at the official reopening of the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels on Sunday. The museum has been closed since May 24, when a shooting...

US president Barack Obama honoured a bet set by Belgian prime minister Elio Di Rupo during the World Cup in June by sending a couple of half-cases of Samuel Adams beer to the Belgian Embassy in Washington on Friday. Before Belgium took on the US in their World Cup last 16 match, Di Rupo bet Obama "...

Belgium has suffered a decline of nearly 18,000 independently owned shops in the past five years, according to a survey by the union for the self-employed, NSZ, based on figures from the state institute for social insurance for the self-employed. In 2008, the number of independent retailers stood...

If Belgium strictly adheres to the budget trajectory that the European Union is demanding, some 47,000 jobs will go by the wayside by 2017, according to estimates by the Federal Planning Bureau, reports De Standaard and Het Nieuwsblad . The Federal Planning Bureau arrived at this figure in June,...

Flanders’ minister-president, Geert Bourgeois, has warned that strict European Union budgetary rules could make it difficult for governments to carry out vital projects requiring long-term investments. In an interview on Radio 1, Bourgeois ( pictured ) said new EU rules could represent “a serious...

Brussels Art Days was launched in 2008 and the seventh edition this weekend marks the re-opening of 37 of the capital’s contemporary art galleries around the city centre. In Tour & Taxis, Brussels Design Market specialises in mid- to late-20th century furniture and deco. You’ll find items from...