The Kashmir Centre, a self-proclaimed NGO acting as a front for Pakistani intelligence services, is to leave Brussels and relocate to London, Le Soir reports today. The association had been active for nearly ten years in the capital where it has long been monitored by State security, which regarded...

E-commerce giant eBay has announced that it has acquired Belgian online classifieds websites 2dehands.be and 2ememain.be (Dutch and French for ‘second-hand’, respectively), writes The Next Web’s Robin Wauters . As a result of the acquisition, the sites will be folded into the eBay Classifieds Group...

Belgium-born Wim Bens is a prime example of the ongoing popularity of craft brewing in the United States, writes The Exchange’s Chris Nichols . A native of Belgium whose family brought him to Texas when he was seven years old, Bens left a career in advertising to become a full-time craft-beer maker...

The Belgian football team will be supported by 4,200 fans on September 6 in Glasgow, where they face Scotland in their eighth qualifying match for the 2014 World Cup, the Belgian football association announced yesterday. The sport’s governing body and the 1895 supporters group are currently...

When it comes to good weather, summer in Brussels can be a bit of a hit-and-miss affair. But fear not: there is at least as much to do indoors in this city as there is out. "Staying in for the summer"? You read it here first! For music lovers who feel like broadening their horizons Summer is...

King Albert II will tonight announce his forthcoming abdication in an address broadcast at 18.00 on the country’s main television and radio channels, it is understood. Although the subject of the sovereign’s address has not been officially announced, the general expectation is that King Albert will...

Children who wish to eat their own packed lunch will now have to pay €0.5 a day in schools in Mechelen, Het Laatste Nieuws and De Morgen report. The new regulation applies to all primary schools in Mechelen and was suggested by the city’s consultative platform for education, OOM. The budget for out...

A report by German landesbank Helaba predicts that, while Belgian house prices risen over the past years and may see only minor corrections this year, those in The Netherlands will continue to slide, reports Property Investor Europe . Weak economies are projected for both markets but The...

Walloon economy minister Jean-Claude Marcourt will today recommend that the government award a grant of €700,000 to a campaign to promote the new visual identity of Wallonia abroad, L’Echo reports today. The campaign will be launched in October and will include adverts on television, in newspapers...

By reaching the semi-finals at Wimbledon, Belgian tennis sensation Kirsten Flipkens has earned in the past ten days almost half of what she had previously earned in her entire career. With this place in the semis, Flipkens is already guaranteed to take home €467,000 – plus a further €14,000 for the...