Brussels’ well-known hotel Le Méridien, across from Central Station, has declared bankruptcy following a dispute between hotel lease holder Starman and the owner of the building, investment company SHLC, based in Switzerland. According to a spokesperson from the socialist union, 140 jobs are at...

Belgium is taking action to fight against a possible €7.3 billion fine imposed on French bank BNP Paribas by American authorities. The United States government is accusing the French financial group of violating US embargos by conducting financial transactions with countries such as Cuba, Iran and...

Consumers have been advised to compare the prices offered by various electricity suppliers, following allegations that the largest of them, Electrabel, is trying to circumvent government measures taken to reduce prices. According to reports, the company is imposing an increase of 10% to 15% on what...

N-VA party president Bart De Wever has been given one more week to draw up a report for King Philippe on the formation of a coalition government. De Wever was initially asked by the king to submit his findings yesterday, but the N-VA leader has requested a further week to continue talks with...

Belgium ratified the UN Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) yesterday at UN headquarters in New York, reports the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Belgium was one of eight countries yesterday to sign the landmark UN treaty with an aim to regulate the multibillion-dollar global arms trade. Forty countries...

The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) confirmed that insects may be used for human consumption. From now on, ten different types of insects can be eaten in Belgium, but there are a host of strict regulations around the cultivation and sale of insects for consumption. There is...

Belgium trainer Marc Wilmots is sending one of the youngest teams to the World Cup. Of all 32 squads headed for Brazil this month, the Red Devils have some of the youngest players, with an average age of 26 years and 15 days old. That's just shy of younger teams Ghana (25 years and 244 days) and...

The shooting death of three people at the Jewish Museum in Brussels last month sent a shock wave through Belgium but perhaps nowhere as much as in Jewish quarters. Diana Kanter , a member of the International Jewish Centre, Brussels’ only English-speaking liberal reform Jewish community, tells us...