In the first six months of 2014 there were 226 home-jackings in Belgium, double the amount reported in the same period four years ago. Notably, 60% of the home-jackings were committed in Wallonia, reports La Dernière Heure . “Homejackings are systematically prepared in advance,” explains Eddy De...

Art is all around. We decorated the walls of our homes and our offices with reprints and originals. We fill our weekend with exhibitions, films and shows. But there is some art we pass every day that we hardly even notice. On our daily commutes, for example. The 69 metro stations in Brussels are...

Kris Peeters, the Belgian minister for work, economy and consumer affairs, met European Commissioner for work Marianne Thyssen earlier this week to discuss policy priorities for the coming years. Belgium and the European Union are united on the key importance of creating jobs and providing training...

Dating is hard. There are many tomes and works, modern and throughout history, that attest to this distressing truth. Tolstoy knew it; Jane Austen had the measure of many a man. The love of your life doesn’t simply fall into your lap. Work must be put in. And it seems we need help with it, too. So...

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is urging Belgium to move away from tax on labour in favour of tax on consumption, pollution and capital gains, report De Standaard and Het Nieuwsblad . According to OECD, the Belgian government currently relies too heavily on labour...

Pensioners will have to pay €50 a year for a public transport season ticket with De Lijn from September next year, the company has announced. Until now, the over-65s have travelled free on De Lijn buses and trams, which operate across Flanders and in Brussels. De Lijn unveiled its new fare proposal...

The number of Brussels residents who use only a car to get around has decreased from 53.1% to 32.8% between 1999 and 2010. However, the total distance travelled by car has gone up, as has the length of traffic jams in the city, according to figures from a study on the mobility of Brussels residents...

The Belgian emergency team B-Fast is preparing to depart for Guinea with a mobile laboratory to aid in the fight against Ebola, announced Secretary of Defence Steven Vandeput (N-VA). The eight-member team will leave as soon as the area has been declared safe by the French army, reports De Morgen ...

Eight-year-old Louis Robeyns from Antwerp province has been selected as Belgium’s Best Mini-Inventor. The youngster won the competition with his design of vouwto , a car that folds up, allowing users to carry it with them like a suitcase. The contest, in which more than 900 Belgian pupils...

Brussels’ two-star Michelin restaurant Bon-Bon is number one in the country, the esteemed restaurant review guide Gault Millau announced on Monday in the 12th edition of its guide for Belgium and Luxembourg, reports De Standaard . For the first time in 10 years, chef Christophe Hardiquest has...