Green seems to be the colour du jour, whether you’re making an effort to recycle more, riding your bike instead of driving to the shops or incorporating more natural, fresh and wholesome foods into your diet. There are many benefits to eating a raw food and plant-based diet, and though Brussels...

All of Flanders’ political parties, with the exception of Vlaams Belang, have approved a package of measures aimed at tackling radicalisation in the region. The 55 measures, developed by a special committee, include an increase in the number of recognised mosques, a 24-hour advice line, the...

Apple will open an official Apple Store in Belgium, the company confirmed today . The announcement verifies rumours of the technology giant’s plans to open an official store in the country. Some suspect the store will take over a space in Brussels shopping mall Le Toison d'Or, home to the new Marks...

Belgium has contributed €18.75 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which is responsible for assistance to Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. The contribution covers the period 2015-2017 and will support UNRWA’s efforts to...

Mathematician Stefaan Vaes of the University of Leuven has won the prestigious Francqui Prize, referred to as the Belgian Nobel prize. The 39-year old scientist was rewarded for his research on the Von Neumann algebras, mathematical structures that originated out of quantum mechanics. According to...

With a total of 772 possible fields to complete for a tax declaration, Belgium leads the pack when it comes to complex tax return forms, according to Deloitte. The consultancy firm compared the tax return forms in various countries, and Belgium’s (and Spain’s) were the most complex, according to...

A Mongolian yurt isn’t something you find every day in the Belgian countryside, but that’s precisely what you’ll see if you stroll through the Hoegaarden district of Rommersom in Flemish Brabant this summer. When intercultural coach and therapist Linda Hoeben was looking to develop her practice,...

Denmark is the most bicycle-friendly country in the world, according to the second cycling barometer published by the European Cyclists' Federation (ECF). Out of 28 countries, Belgium ranks sixth, making it one of Europe’s most bike-friendly countries, after Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden,...

The Picnic The Streets movement is calling for another event to take place on 7 June in protest at the City of Brussels’ plans to add car parks within the pentagon area, reports brusselnieuws.be . Picnic the Streets launched three years ago to protest the lack of pedestrian areas in the capital...