Over two years, Belgian photographer, journalist and mother Lieve Blancquaert travelled to 14 countries to witness the arrival of new human life for her project Birth Day . Convinced that the birth process holds up a mirror to the society in which it takes place, she talked to families about their...

Dietician Aukje Dierckx, 24, from Mechelen, talks about what she earns and how she spends it What do you do for a living? I studied nutrition and dietetics. As part of my degree, I did two internships, at the multiple sclerosis centre in Melsbroek and at the Imelda hospital in Bonheiden, near...

The CEOs of 10 utilities companies which, together, own half of Europe's electricity generating capacity, are calling for an end to subsidies for wind and solar energy, which they say add too much power to a market already struggling with overcapacity, report EurActiv and Reuters. The CEOs in the...

Belgian police have arrested the suspected leader of a gang of drug traffickers, Flemish broadcaster VRT announced this morning on the basis of information received from federal prosecutors. The man had been missing for several weeks. Federal police officers had arrested twelve members of the same...

A new campaign was launched in Belgium yesterday by Plan Belgique / Plan België , the Belgian arm of Plan International, a charity campaigning for education, and sex education, for teenage girls in the world’s poorest countries. The campaign, titled ‘Raise your hand for girls’, comes in the shape...

The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the creation of a joint venture between the telecoms operator Belgacom and BNP Paribas Fortis, it announced this morning . The joint venture will allow consumers in Belgium to use their mobile devices to purchase goods or services,...

Belgian finance minister Koen Geens has unveiled details of the country's draft 2014 Budget, designed notably to reduce the cost of labour and to increase spending power, writes Tax News’ Ulrika Lomas . The 2014 finance bill provides for a raft of fiscal stimulus measures totalling around €151m,...

Normally when I march into the office brandishing a cake tin, colleagues assume an expression akin to hungry chicks eagerly awaiting their next feed. Now, as I proudly present my second attempt at competition-standard cheesecake, they roll their eyes in anticipation of another round of over feeding...

In a week where a Belgian and a British scientist won a Nobel Prize for parallel work in atomic physics, this year’s Belgo-British Conference will be asking Belgo-British brainpower to consider another challenge: how we should respond to the challenges of the upcoming First World War Centenary...