A man from Antwerp who went to Syria to fight with Islamist rebels had access to technical areas of the nuclear power plant at Doel in East Flanders, according to an investigation by VTM News. Ilyass Boughalab, 26, worked as a technician with the subcontractor Vincotte. The company carries out...

The weekend’s public opening of a reconstructed pontoon bridge over the river Scheldt in central Antwerp was a major event in the city’s commemorations of the First World War, but it became chaotic, as tens of thousands of visitors who had bought tickets were turned away, including the city’s own...

More horses are ending up in Belgian shelters than ever before, reports Bit magazine. This year, 70 horses have been taken to the Old Horses Lodge in Laarne, an organisation that provides shelter to unwanted horses. "We especially get a lot of confiscated horses," Marina Tondeleier told deredactie...

A Belgian F-16 fighter jet launched an attack on a "terrorist element” in Iraq, according to the Belgian Ministry of Defence. It is the first time that Belgians execute an attack as part of the anti-ISIS (Islamic State) mission, an international coalition against ultra-radical Islamist militants in...

On Sunday, around 365 Belgian companies opened their doors to the public during the annual Open Company Day. Some 650,000 people took advantage of the opportunity to have a look behind the scenes and see how their favourite products are made, reports deredactie.be. The first Sunday of October is...

Place de Brouckère is pedestrianised this weekend for Nuit Blanche on Saturday night and Brussels Marathon on Sunday. Avoid driving along Boulevards Anspach, Jacqmain and Max, from dawn Saturday until Sunday evening. The car-free zone provides a taster for a planned pedestrian zone in the city...

Residents of Belgium with a diploma from another country now have one place they can go to find information on getting it recognised. The new website mydiploma.be is an initiative of Brussels employment and training agency Actiris to help local expats obtain recognition of the qualifications they...

About 2,000 students from across Belgium, but particularly from Dutch-speaking universities, demonstrated in Brussels yesterday against money-saving measures in higher education. In total, the government of Flanders needs to cut the education budget by €190 million, and higher education is taking...

In Belgium, one in three people born between 1977 and 1994 say that they are not planning to buy or lease a car any time before 2019. The figures come from a large-scale study by the international consultancy Deloitte. In all of Europe, about one in four young people claim to not need a car. The...

The Belgian supermarket chain Colruyt has announced the opening of the first branch of 'Cru' at the end of November in a renovated farmhouse in Overijse. With the new store concept, the supermarket group based in Halle intends to offer authentic quality products in a “market atmosphere”. Cru will...