For the third year in a row, Vlerick Business School has moved up in the annual Financial Times Executive MBA Ranking. The school, with locations in Leuven, Ghent and Brussels, has climbed from 82nd last year to 73rd this year. Antwerp Management School dropped in the list, from 59 last year to 67...

A plan to turn Brussels' most overcrowded bus route, line 71, into a high-capacity tramline has been abandoned until at least 2025. The city's mobility minister Pascal Smet has unveiled a 10-year public transport plan that will see the creation of four new bus routes and changes to dozens of other...

A new Regus Express Centre flexible workspace has opened up in Brussels Central Station, the result of a partnership between Belgium's rail authority SNCB and Regus, a multinational operator of serviced office spaces spanning more than 100 countries. The two parties have joined forces to provide...

An estimated 1.16 million people in Belgium perform volunteer work, or 12.5% of the population, according to a study commissioned by the King Baudouin Foundation. In terms of hours, volunteers in Belgium work a total of about 221.2 million hours a year, or 4.1% of the time spent on salaried work...

During a contemporary art auction at Sotheby's London, the oil painting 'Girl with duck' by Belgian painter Michaël Borremans was auctioned off for £2.04 million, or €2.7 million, the highest amount ever paid for a painting by the Ghent artist, reports De Tijd . Borremans' 'Girl with duck' (...

There’s no better place to unwind and revive the senses than at the Belgian coast. With pristine sandy beaches and handsome seaside towns extending from Knokke-Heist in the northeast to De Panne in the southwest, the area offers something for everyone whatever the season – from thrill-seeking water...

Federal health minister Maggie De Block will cut next year’s health-care department budget by €408 million but insists patients won’t feel the cuts. The costs for patients are even expected to decrease by €18 million. The government will save €60 million on medicines that are no longer patented...

Brussels public transport authority STIB has received an award for its communication on social media during the IAB Marketing and Interactive Excellence (Mixx) Awards, a competition for the best online campaigns of the year in Belgium. The jury was won over by the STIB social media team's use of...

A new nationwide housing survey launched this week aims to find out what the Belgian public's attitude is towards renovations, new builds, home loans and tax. The study aims to anticipate future demand for construction projects and also identify the problems that people are facing getting their...

Rail services in Belgium are disrupted until the end of Tuesday evening because of regional strike action by SNCB train drivers and signal workers. The worst disruption on Monday will be in the south-east of the country, around Liège, Namur and Luxembourg provinces - although a knock-on effect is...