According to an estimate by the National Employment Office (RVA/ONEM), as of January 1, 2015, around 16,900 Belgian young people could lose their right to the integration allowance, reports De Standaard. Young people who graduate from high school or university without finding a job right away are...

The Brussels city council is planning a new underground car park under the Place du Jeu de Balle/Vossenplein, the site of Brussels' best known flea market in the heart of the Marolles district. The parking is one of four new parks planned for the city centre. "We hear that the construction of the...

The federal government has imposed an order on professional poultry farmers to keep their birds indoors or, if they are allowed out of doors, under nets, federal agriculture minister Willy Borsus has announced. Amateur holders of poultry have been advised by the federal food safety agency to keep...

An American company has entered the race to break the payment terminal monopoly in Belgium currently held by Worldline, formerly known as Banksys. BNP Paribas Fortis said in September it was planning to introduce its own electronic point-of-sale terminals. The Dutch-American European Merchant...

We asked Rembert Maes, 28, from Leuven how he spends the net €1,750 he earns working as a psychiatric nurse. What do you do for work? I work as a psychiatric nurse in the gerontology ward of the Leuven University Hospital. More specifically, I work on the observation ward for the diagnosis of...

World music meets rock and electro in Moussem Sounds on Saturday evening at Bozar. The second edition provides cross-over culture from the Maghreb, Europe and the Middle East. The evening kicks off at 18.30 with the film Electro Chaabi, a documentary on alternative youth music culture in Egypt by...

Two Eurostar trains came to a standstill outside Lille for more than eight hours in the night from Thursday to Friday. Broken overhead cables were the cause of the power outage. Passengers posted updates to Twitter, including complaints that they had spent hours in the dark with no heating and very...

The planned provincial strike on Monday is expected to cause widespread disruption to train services across the whole country, rail authority SNCB has warned. The strike is the first in a series of actions organised by the provinces and covers Antwerp, Limburg, Luxembourg and Hainaut. However, the...

The Belgian government wants early retirees who live abroad to move back to Belgium and become available to re-enter the workforce, even those over the age of 60. The new government under prime minister Charles Michel will require all Belgians with an unemployment benefit, including the benefit for...