Industrial action is expected to continue at Delhaize supermarkets across the country today as workers protest against planned store closures and job cuts. Last week, Delhaize announced the closure of 14 stores in Belgium, eight of them in Flanders, and the loss of 2,500 jobs, one in six of the...

N-VA surprised everyone last Saturday with an announcement that Jan Becaus (pictured) would represent them in the Senate. Becaus was a widely respected news anchor for the public broadcaster VRT, known for his professionalism and neutrality, until he resigned last year at the age of 65. Becaus’...

The World Cup kicked off last night with a colourful opening ceremony, predicted win for home country Brazil and protests in cities around the South American country. Here in Belgium it was a quieter affair and the warm weather favoured outdoor screenings in many bars and restaurants. With the Red...

French authorities confirmed on Thursday that the extradition to Belgium of Mehdi Nemmouche, who is suspected of killing four people at the Jewish Museum in Brussels in late May, will be determined on June 26. “I am not opposed to being handed over to the Belgium authorities as long as Belgium can...

Some 420,000 children in Belgium are growing up in a poor family, with most of them living in Wallonia and Brussels. At a colloquium of the King Baudouin Foundation in Bozar on Thursday, speakers stated that 18.7% of children in Belgium are growing up in households with incomes below the European...

Representatives of Delhaize staff are due to meet prime minister Elio Di Rupo today to discuss the company’s announcement of 2,500 jobs losses and the closure of 14 stores across Belgium. Meanwhile, Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijn (AH) opened a new location in Bruges yesterday, the 21st in...

Although attention to multiculturalism is an obligatory part of education in Belgium and the Netherlands, it is mostly taught in schools with many students of foreign origin. That is the principal conclusion of a research project by Ghent University (UGent) and the University of Amsterdam (UvA),...

The reactors of Doel 3 and Tihange 2 nuclear plants will not start up again before this autumn at the earliest, announced Electrabel, the operator of the two plants. Tests on the two reactors’ steel tanks are taking longer than expected. Electrabel has been running a test programme on site for a...

Supermarket chain Delhaize has announced a restructuring plan involving the closure of 14 stores nationwide and 2,500 redundancies – one in six of the workforce. Yesterday staff at about 40 stores stopped work in a spontaneous reaction to the news. The company said it was committed to co-operating...