An American professional cyclist was killed yesterday after being hit by a truck while training in Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Antwerp province, writes the Denver Post’s John Henderson . Cyclocross racer Amy Dombroski, 26, was riding behind a scooter when she was hit by a truck. The 52-year-old truck...

It’s fair to say that Norbert Leclercq likes classical guitar. Having trained under the tutelage of the great Nicolas Alfonso, he literally made the guitar his life, his raison d’être, as the myriad works he has produced since the 70s testify. Color 12 Guitares is, as the name suggests, a kind of...

The heat is on! Here at the Bulletin HQ we couldn’t resist BritCham’s invitation to join a charity bake off . Now we had a perfect excuse to indulge in one of our favourite activities – afternoon tea. I say tea, but it actually extends to beer, cheese, chocolate… you name it, we will happily tuck...

The Conference of Presidents of the House of Commons has approved the scrapping of severance pay for MPs who voluntarily leave their post. "Instructions were sent immediately to the relevant services and the new system is effective as of October 2," said speaker André Flahaut. Exceptions will be...

Finance minister Koen Geens has announced plans to extend by a fortnight the deadline for filing individual income tax declarations via the Finance Ministry's Internet portal Tax-on-Web, writes Tax News’ Ulrika Lomas . As a result, the Tax-on-Web filing deadline will be extended until October 31,...

Dutch insurer Delta Lloyd has announced it will sell its Belgian banking operations, which analysts estimate to be worth about €300m, in order to build up its Belgian life insurance and pensions business, writes Reuters’ Sara Webb . Delta Lloyd Bank Belgium had total assets of €6.9bn at the end of...

Belgium's biggest telecoms operator, Belgacom, has had the 4G market to itself since late 2012, through its mobile brand Proximus - but that's all about to change, writes ZDNet’s Jo Best . The country's second-largest mobile operator, Base, switched on its own LTE network on Tuesday, taking 4G...

A new collaboration programme was signed yesterday between the province of Quebec and the Flemish region in the presence of Flanders’ deputy minister-president Geert Bourgeois. The programme, which identifies specific projects for the next three years, is the thirteenth of its kind. It is the...

Architect Ronny Custermans, 38, from Houthalen talks about what he earns and how he spends it What do you do for a living? I am an architect-cum-manager at WeBuild, an architecture firm in Houthalen, Limburg province. We build mainly office and commercial premises and industrial buildings as well...

As the senate’s joint justice and social affairs committees prepare to resume their debate on the possible extension of the 2002 law on euthanasia to children, an opinion poll conducted by Dedicated Research, RTBF and La Libre today reveals that 75% of the Belgian population agrees with euthanasia...