Belgium has signed an agreement with the United States on the automatic exchange of financial information. The agreement calls for Belgian banks to transfer to US tax authorities any information on Americans with Belgian shares or interest stemming from a savings account with a Belgian bank. The...

Theatre director and playwright Jan Lauwers, who this week turns 57, has been awarded a Golden Lion for lifetime achievement in the theatre arts at the Venice Bienniale. Lauwers is co-founder and director of Brussels-based Needcompany, a multi-disciplinary company working to fuse performance film,...

BAM, the mobility company that is to build the Oosterweel Scheldt crossing in Antwerp, has reacted positively to a plan to “cover” the current Antwerp Ring, by directing traffic through four new tunnels. This would reduce particle and noise pollution and create new land roughly equal in size to 800...

Drugs such as cocaine are cheap to come by in Belgium, according to the recently released results of the annual online Global Drug Survey (GDS) . Compared to other countries, so-called party drugs like cocaine are remarkably cheaper in Belgium. About 80,000 people worldwide took part in the GDS,...

Sunday night around 20.30, several individuals attempted to force open the gate of the Saint-Gilles prison with the help of a car, according to Brussels police. In the attempt, several shots were fired by the armed offenders, and a nurse was briefly held hostage, but no one was injured. Security...

It’s sultry, technically exacting and currently trending around the world, including the capital this weekend. The 10th Brussels Tango Festival is performing in the Grand‘Place, venues across the city and dancing until late in numerous after parties. Watch international tango stars in action, enjoy...

Former Christian Democrat minister Jos Chabert has died at the age of 81, announced the CD&V party on April 10. "The CD&V loses a committed Christian Democrat. Our country has lost one of its political icons," said Flemish Christian Democrats President Wouter Beke. Jos Chabert was born on...

Flanders’ environment minister Joke Schauvliege wants to stop new houses being built in the areas around Brussels Airport where aircraft noise levels are excessive. She has drafted a plan that would halt all building in zones affected by the highest noise levels (above 70 decibels), while...

A campaign by the police and the Belgian Road Safety Institute (IBSR/BIVV) to encourage Belgians to identify possible spots to place speed cameras has been a resounding success. Between March 31 and April 10, more than 51,000 possible speed check locations were identified, according to the campaign...

The Apéros Urbains season is upon us: this annual event of cocktails and food for everyone in attractive parts of Brussels kicks off tonight, April 11, at 17.00 with Apéros Stockel on Place Dumon, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre. At the open-house event you can sample food from local producers and sip on an...