US secretary of state John Kerry has arrived in Brussels to participate in a meeting of Nato foreign ministers. He was greeted on arrival by US ambassador Howard Gutman and Pierre Labouverie, chief of protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nato foreign ministers will also meet in the Nato-...

Last week’s fatal bomb attack at the Boston marathon was in the minds of runners in Antwerp yesterday, reports Flanders News . Participants in the marathon spoke of “runner solidarity” and wanting to show that nothing can stop runners, following the blasts that killed three people and left more...

I moved to Antwerp in the 1990s and had no intention of buying property in Belgium, even though I expected to stay here at least for the duration of our children’s education. As the kids were infants, this was a 20-year-plus commitment. What put me off buying property in Belgium was the outrageous...

The use of seatbelts is stagnating in Belgium, according to the latest study by the Belgian Institute for Road Safety (IBSR). The findings, published in today’s Sudpresse newspapers, also reveal that women are less likely than in the past to wear seatbelts and that the Walloons are the worst at...

One in four Belgian workers is at risk of burnout, a survey reveals. The higher the pressure and the emotional stress in the workplace, the more significant the risk is, according to a survey by the IDEWE Group. The survey was conducted among 2,029 workers in Flanders and 842 in Wallonia. More than...

Four young people have died after a car careered off a bridge over the canal in Brussels yesterday evening, Flanders News reports. Three died at the scene and the fourth, a passenger, died of his injuries in a Brussels hospital. The accident happened at around 21.00 last night on the Van Praet...

Public transport company STIB has been supplying electricity to shopkeepers in metro stations for years, but does not have the licence to do so, writes L’Echo today. The company provides its own electricity by transforming high-tension power from its network cables into low-tension electricity. The...

Michigan legends Iggy & The Stooges will play the Lokerse Feesten on August 3, the organisers have announced. The American rapper Snoop Lion, formerly – and better – known as Snoop ‘Doggy’ Dogg, will play the festival on August 7. The 39th edition of the festival will take place from Friday,...

Self-employed translator Els Peleman, 34, from Herenthals talks about what she earns and how she spends it What do you do for a living? I’ve been a translator since 2001, and in 2005 I became a self-employed translator as a secondary occupation. I translate mostly from French and German into Dutch...

Spring is the traditional period for artists of all stripes to open the doors of their homes and studios in every corner of the commune of Jette. With more than 500 artists participating in the eighth edition of the Artist Parcours Jette on Saturday and Sunday, three tours are programmed: north,...