Record numbers of passengers are expected at Brussels Airport from Thursday, 26 June, the day when the holiday season kicks off in earnest. No less than 42,000 passengers are due to take to the skies from the airport on Thursday and on Friday, 27 June, that figure will rise to 44,000 – record...

Using your mobile phone abroad looks set to be a lot cheaper this summer, as the European Commission announced on Tuesday that data roaming charges in EU countries are to be cut by more than 50% from 1 July. This mobile roaming cost-cutting exercise by the Commission carries on from a similar...

One month after a gunman opened fire at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels killing four people, museum staff gathered at the Museum’s premises on Tuesday to commemorate the lives of those killed: Myriam and Emmanuel Riva, Dominique Sabrier and Alexandre Strens all died subsequent to the...

Moving to a new foreign city like Brussels is particularly agonizing for individuals with food allergies or special diets; be it gluten or lactose intolerance, egg and nut allergies or simply a commitment to healthy eating, finding places with adapted food menus takes time – time your rumbling...

Following public protest, the national rail authority SNCB has reconsidered its new train timetable, which will come into force in December. The authority has reinstated a number of early and late trains it was planning to scrap. Meanwhile, rail unions could be reconsidering their plans for a...

Coalition government informateur Bart De Wever is expected at the royal palace today, to brief King Filip on the progress he has made in shaping a new federal coalition. Political analysts fear he may go empty handed; there is even speculation as to who should succeed him. De Wever’s biggest...

Insurance companies look set to pay out a total of €340 million in compensation to around 142,600 customers following the hailstorms that rained down on Belgium during the Pentecost holiday weekend, announced the insurance federation Assuralia. According to the insurance sector federation’s first...

Some 66% of Belgian workers can be reached on holiday to answer work-related questions and 16% will deal with work queries even if they are not remotely urgent, a study by the HR company Securex has found. According to the study, more and more employees are making themselves available to deal with...

Belgians Yanina Wickmayer and Alison Van Uytvanck both qualified for the second round of the Wimbledon tennis tournament on Monday. Wickmayer, seeded 54th in the world, defeated the 17th seed Australian Samantha Stosur, 6-3, 6-4. She was watched from the stands, as at Roland Garros, by the Belgian...

Belgium secured a place in the last 16 of the World Cup on Sunday evening, after beating Russia 1-0. Fans waited a long time to see the winning goal which came only in the last few minutes of the game: substitute Divock Origi smashed a goal in after a neat pass from Eden Hazard with three minutes...