Never before have there been so many Belgians deaths reported from holiday destinations abroad. Every day there are three Belgians who die while travelling, concludes Het Laatste Nieuws on Tuesday, based on figures from the national insurance companies. The three biggest insurance companies...

More people were caught in Brussels Airport last year trying to pass through security with a disguised look and fraudulent passport, reports De Morgen . These so-called ‘look-alikes’ are people who change their appearance to match the photo on a passport, for example by growing a moustache. In 2013...

Belgium could be facing widespread power shortages this winter, caused by the closure of the nuclear power station Doel 4 on the left bank of the Scheldt river in East Flanders. Last week it was revealed that the incident that closed the station is being investigated by State Security as a possible...

An estimated 4,500 people marched in Brussels on Sunday for the lifting of the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip. The event is the culmination of a series of actions undertaken by the Belgian platform Urgence Gaza, signed by more than 50 NGOs and political movements. Negotiators from Israel and...

The 13th edition of the Brussels Summer Festival (BSF) was the most successful so far, with a total of 125,000 festival goers coming to the centre of Brussels for the ten-day festival. "We are very pleased with the massive turnout," says festival director Denis Gérardy. "We sold 20,000 '10-day'...

A permanent memorial to the Welsh soldiers who died in the First World War was unveiled at the weekend in Langemark, West Flanders, by the Welsh first minister, Carwyn Jones. The memorial ( pictured ), designed by sculptor Lee Odishow, depicts a bronze dragon atop a stone plinth, made from stone...

Merchants who want to donate food to charity have to pay value-added tax (VAT) on it, which makes it cheaper to throw it away. Since last year, donation to food banks is free, but the surpluses of small neighbourhood shops are often not large enough for the food banks. The Neutral Syndicate for the...

For an aerial view of the spectacular Turkish-themed floral carpet gracing the Grand‘Place, head to the balcony of the city hall from Friday to Sunday (August 15-17). Access is from 9.00-23.00 and tickets cost €5 (free for under 10s). Alternatively, viewing is free on ground level in the medieval...

Belgian international footballer Steven Defour yesterday signed a five-year contract with RSC Anderlecht. In the end it was not PSV Eindhoven, but the Belgian club that pulled the 25-year-old center midfielder away from FC Porto for €6 million (potentially rising to €6.5 million including fees)...

A group of 26 mayors of the Flemish municipalities around Brussels have joined together to call on the Flemish and federal governments to find a solution to the problem of aircraft noise. The mayors fear that a ruling by a court at the end of last month will lead to an increase in the numbers of...