Last year, 44,176 children living abroad earned their parents €69.4 million in family allowances paid by the Belgian authorities, the Sudpresse newspapers report, marking a considerable increase on the 2006 figure of 33,858. The vast majority of these children (42,182) live in EU countries. “They...

Newly appointed Brussels minister-president Rudi Vervoort plans 30 “concrete and immediate measures” to create 4,000 jobs in the Brussels Region, Le Soir and De Standaard report today. His priority is to put young people in the capital to work, when one in three is currently unemployed. The...

Belgium and Jordan are to collaborate in the training of Jordanian police, reports the Petra Agency . The acting director general of the police force, Brigadier General Yousef Hamdan Abbadi, yesterday met the Belgian defence attaché, Colonel Guy Claeys, in Amman to discuss ways of exchanging...

Mumbai police have arrested a man suspected of stealing diamonds bound for Belgium worth €552,000 from the city’s Chhatrapati Shivaji international airport. The identity of the suspect hasn’t been made public, pending further investigation. The incident surfaced when a private courier company...

England Counties will continue their tradition of touring and supporting developing rugby nations by travelling to Belgium from Saturday, June 8 until Monday, June 17, reports the RFU’s website . During the week-long tour they will play a Belgian Rugby Federation President’s XV on June 12 in...

You’ve dreamed of them – they can be yours. On the second-hand market, these relatively recent models only cost a fraction of their original value. So, rather than buy a reliable German turbo sedan, why not plump for one of these titans? Aston Martin DB9 After the sculptural but ageing DB7, Aston...

Normal service has resumed at Brussels Airport, spokesman Jan Van der Cruysse announced this morning. Staff at handling company Swissport resumed work last night after four days of strike action, protesting against staff shortages leading to increased pressure on workers. Brussels Airport said...

The use of aspirin has increased by 25% in Belgium in four years, with around 1.1 million Belgians taking it every day, Het Laatste Nieuws reports today, based on statistics provided by public health minister Laurette Onkelinx. Doctors often prescribe the drug preventively, especially against heart...

Belgium’s nuclear safety regulator will recommend reopening two GDF Suez nuclear reactors closed last year over safety concerns, writes Reuters’ Ben Deighton , citing a report in Le Soir. A recommendation from the regulator, FANC, will today be presented to government ministers, who must give final...

Belgian pop/rock outfit Balthazar have arrived in Birmingham brimming with confidence for their Birmingham show tonight, writes the Burton Mail’s James Brindle . As teenagers, the band’s two songwriters, Maarten Devoldre and Jinte Deprez, took to busking to earn a few euros. Beginning on opposite...