Despite numerous hygiene awareness campaigns, the number of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) has failed to go down, De Standaard and Het Nieuwsblad report. Not only are the infections more dangerous, they are also largely caused by doctors with dirty hands. Approximately 6% of patients contract...

Around 200 Bulgarians were exploited for months by a contractor on a NATO building site in Brussels, La Dernière Heure reports. The information only came to light during an investigation into illegal practices on the site of the future prison in Marche-en-Famenne, Namur province, which has resulted...

Israeli security officials said Sunday that they have arrested a Belgian businessman of Iranian descent for spying on Israel and gathering intelligence on possible terrorism targets, writes the Washington Post’s William Booth . Israel’s Shin Bet domestic intelligence service released photographs...

Eurostar has announced it will run trains from London to Amsterdam via the Channel Tunnel from December 2016 after reaching a deal with Dutch Railways, writes Bloomberg’s Chris Jasper . Trains from London will call at Brussels, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Schiphol airport before terminating at Amsterdam...

Belgian experts investigating the security of the government's computer network discovered a virus in the offices of prime minister Elio Di Rupo, writes Reuters’ Claire Davenport . "A virus was detected on a number of computers of the federal office that was communicating with a server in Hong Kong...

When commuters make use of Brussels’ metro, they move from place to place without seeing anything of what is lying over their heads above ground. The project Metro5: Moving People, Moving Stories is meant to change that. Spearheaded by the city’s transport minister Brigitte Grouwels, the project...

Spanish authorities say Belgian police have arrested a suspected top member of a terrorist recruitment network based in Spain that allegedly sent militants to carry out attacks for al-Qaida-linked groups in Syria. A Spanish interior ministry statement said Ismail Abdellatif Al Lal was arrested...

Mobile telephony contract prices in Belgium came down by almost half in the last year, the result of a price war started by the entrance of Telenet on the Mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) market, Het Laatste Nieuws reports, citing telecoms regulator BIPT. The difference reached up to €27 per...

One in two tattoo parlours in Belgium is in breach of hygiene regulations, it appears from reply by health minister Laurette Onkelinx to a written parliamentary question, La Dernière Heure reports today. "50% [of tattoo or piercing parlours] have received a warning" the minister said. In March this...