Hailing a taxi this week in Brussels will be harder than usual. Until Thursday this week, up to 200 affiliated drivers with three Brussels taxi associations will take strike action every morning. Passengers will be left short of cabs between 8 and 11 as drivers are refusing to pick up passengers...

Politicians are accusing Ryanair, the Irish low-cost airline, of social dumping, after its announcement last week that it will start flying out of Brussels Airport in February. The accusations come just as Belgium’s secretary of state against fraud, John Crombez ( pictured ), is preparing a clash...

Since opening on December 1, 2012, the Memorial, Museum and Documentation Centre on the Holocaust and Human Rights in Mechelen, commonly referred to as the Dossin Barracks, has attracted 102,000 visitors, more than the 65,000 expected at the outset, said conservator Herman Van Goethem. The museum...

The Belgian Federal Police are alerting Windows users of an alleged con scheme targeting their personal information. Police report that consumers are being contacted in English by supposed Microsoft call centre employees phoning to notify them of a computer virus. Through a series of questions...

Tax relief is on its way as the Belgian Government has announced that it will be reducing VAT on electricity from 21 to 6 percent. The lowered sales tax rate will remain in effect until at least the end of 2015. The initiative is part of an Economic Stimulus Pact, or ESP, that is aimed at boosting...

When it appeared it could get no worse, the ongoing Justice Palace renovation has been hit with more bad news only days following a bomb scare hoax. Seemingly never-ending, the renovation demands of the Brussels’ landmark building have grown to include the scaffolding itself. The familiar long-time...

Belgium’s Queen Mathilde will kick-off her Asian tour Wednesday when she arrives in Hong Kong for a three-day visit. Although the itinerary for her Majesty and a 300-person Belgian trade delegation will be primarily focused on business and finance, strengthening cultural relations will also be on...

The arrival of Ryanair at Brussels Airport risks bringing with it more noise nuisance for the residents of Brussels, according to the mayor of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, one of the municipalities lying under the airport's flight paths. According to Benoît Cerexhe , Brussels Airport ought to remain a city...

Flanders still has no intention of taking part in the financing of a new national football stadium planned for Parking C of the Heysel complex, sports minister Philippe Muyters repeated this week in the Flemish parliament, despite a report which suggested that the project was not feasible without...

Citizens, companies and government departments now have easy access to all available geographical data on Flanders and Brussels via the portal site Geopunt.be. The online application was presented yesterday during a meeting of the Flemish Geographical Information Agency in Ghent. On the site, you...