Authorities in Morocco have reported the arrest of four men wanted in connection with a number of armed robberies, including the diamond robbery that took place at Brussels Airport in February of last year. The four are wanted for “attempted murder, armed robbery at goods transport warehouses, a...

In 2012, 218 people in Brussels were told that they are HIV positive, 50 less than in 2011. The figures, requested by Brussels MP Bianca Debaets, are the second lowest in the last ten years. One-fifth of the new Brussels HIV patients have Belgian nationality. Between 2010 and 2012, two-thirds of...

Prince Laurent has accepted a mission as goodwill ambassador for the FAO, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, confirms a spokesperson for the Belgian Royal Family. The news comes shortly after Prince Laurent’s emergency hospitalisation in Brussels on March 21. The Prince...

Mechelen’s Kazerne Dossin Memorial, Museum and Documentation Centre on Holocaust and Human Rights has been given a special commendation at the European Museum of the Year Awards (EMYA), which took place in Tallinn, Estonia at the weekend. The jury paired the prize with the Flossenbürg Concentration...

The ten largest food companies in the world, called the Big Ten, are together responsible for CO2 emissions that are 50% higher than that of Belgium, according to the report ‘A Climate of Secrecy’, published today by the NGO Oxfam. The Big Ten produce about 263.7 million tons of greenhouse gases...

Starting your own business can be an ambitious and sometimes frightening venture. Add the fact that you’d like to start your business in a foreign country and the project gets downright risky. Still, in Belgium more expats are making the leap of entrepreneurial faith than ever. “I have noticed an...

Anderlecht won their third consecutive Belgian football league title yesterday – their 33rd overall – with a 3-1 win over Lokeren on the final day of the season. The victory gave the Brussels club a two-point edge over runners-up Standard Liège, with third-placed Club Brugge a further point behind...

Police in Brussels have arrested a man thought to be a member of the notorious Brabant Killers, who carried out a wave of murderous attacks in Belgium in the 1980s. The man denies any involvement. The Brabant Killers, also known as the Nivelles Gang, were responsible for a series of violent crimes...

The crime rate in Belgium declined significantly in the past year, writes Het Laatste Nieuws , based on figures from the federal police. Belgium scores better in 2013 than in 2012, when more than 1 million crimes were registered, on par with the average of the last decade. Last year the number...

Medical screening of each participant before a mass sporting event should be mandatory, according to Pedro Brugada, heart specialist at UZ Brussel, and sports doctor Chris Goossens, following Sunday’s death by heart failure of one of the runners of the 20km of Brussels. "People overestimate...