The magistrates who sit on police courts and rule on traffic offences are not happy with the idea of Belgium following Russia’s example in the widespread use of “dashcams” – cameras installed on a car’s dashboard to record everything in the event of an accident. Last week, insurance company DVV...

The Belgian post company Bpost will launch a new service on September 15 to track stolen bicycles. The service involves CycloSafe, a barely visible computer chip that adheres to the frame of a bike. About 20,000 postal workers across the country will be equipped with a special scanner to detect...

British television Channel 4 has asked Belgian sex expert Goedele Liekens to lead a new television programme on sexual education called Sex in Class, writes the Guardian on its website. The Belgian television celebrity, who recently worked on a similar programme on Dutch television channel RTL 4,...

Many people arriving in Brussels have already done pretty well for themselves. They’ve secured a good job with a European institution or one of the numerous non-governmental organisations in the city, or their foreign company has expanded and they’ve taken on the task of setting up operations in...

Alternative music venue Magasin 4 launches a month-long 20th anniversary celebration with a weekend of concerts and events this Saturday and Sunday. Dutch band Ex, plus L’Enfance Rouge, Gatechin, Vitas Guerulaitis and Spagguetta Orghasmmond take to the stage Saturday; Jean-Louis Costes, Tat2NoisAct...

According to a report by the Federal Monitoring and Evaluation commission, the number of annual notifications of euthanasia in Belgium has nearly doubled since 2010. There were 1,807 cases of euthanasia reported in 2013, 375 more than the year before and almost double the 953 cases reported in 2010...

The website of popular British newspaper The Guardian yesterday featured an article that sums up five reasons why Belgium has the worst traffic in Europe. “Brussels hosts the giant bureaucracy of the EU ... yet its roads, and those in Antwerp, are the most traffic-snarled in Europe. What is Belgium...

Pear growers who do not harvest their crop this year will receive the equivalent of 16c a kilo in compensation from the EU. The aid announced amounts to €6,440 a hectare. The deadline for growers to apply for compensation was yesterday. The government of Flanders has advised growers not to harvest...

Youth unemployment in Brussels fell by 9% compared to one year ago, and is now at its lowest level in 20 years. The overall unemployment rate in the city remains stable at around 21%, reports brusselnieuws.be, based on figures from the National Employment Office (RVA/ONEM). The number of young...