Hackers have stolen money from at least 500 prepaid credit cards in Belgium, report Het Belang van Limburg and Gazet van Antwerpen . Many victims have lost hundreds of euros, while others do not even know that their credit card has been hacked. Prepaid credit cards are not linked to a current...

The upcoming train strike on 28 May doesn’t mean you’re stuck in Brussels. With this nice weather, instead of booking your Cambio car , perhaps it’s time to hop onto two wheels and discover Brussels’ surroundings at a slower pace. From the capital, there are several charming towns, villages,...

A nanny from Utah in the western United States is to be extradited to Belgium to face child abuse charges over her alleged assault of infant twins in 2011. Aubrey Alta Anderson, 34, will not contest the extradition order signed by US magistrate Paul Warner Aubrey. The 2011 incident emerged after...

The European Commission has urged the Belgian government to cut its high taxes, saying they act as a disincentive to investment and job creation. In its economic guidelines for member states, issued on Wednesday, it said that while some progress had been made towards a comprehensive tax reform, the...

The concentration of public holidays in May is costing employers a total of €510 million, according to economists. May is unusual in having three public holidays: Labour Day on 1 May, Ascension on 14 May and Pentecost on 25 May. This concentration of three holidays in one month means a loss of...

Bilingualism trains the brain and leads to cognitive advantages among children, adults and patients with neurological conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease. That’s the conclusion of researcher Evy Woumans of Ghent University in her PhD thesis. Two years ago, Woumans selected 54 children with a...

A Tournai resident, Thomas Couvreur, 29 has been sentenced to life in prisonfor the 2011 murder of his neighbour Caroline Vyncke (pictured). Vyncke, 42, was stabbed to death in Moorsele, West Flanders, on 8 February, 2011. Although her boyfriend reported her disappearance the following day, it was...

Coming up next week is the Brussels Jazz Marathon , (22-24 May). All over the city, you’ll be able to catch acts of blues, jazz, soul, funk, swing and beyond entirely in a free festival that pays tribute to Belgium’s rich jazz history. Since before the Second World War, Belgium has been a hotbed of...

Siblings Gert and Sarah Bettens of K’s Choice have been making music together for more than two decades. But, until a few years ago, they wrote their songs separately. Sarah has been living in the US for many years, but even when they were both living in Belgium, they penned songs alone, presenting...

Would you like to be pampered by the professionals of shopping haven Maasmechelen Village? We have several spots to give away for VIP treatment: lunch, a styling session, shopping and high tea. The Maasmechelen chauffeur will even transport you from Brussels and back! To win a spot for VIP Day Out...