The Kinepolis Group, a Belgian chain of movie theatres consisting of 23 cinema complexes across Europe, welcomed 2.2 million visitors to Belgian theatres in the first three months of 2015, reports De Standaard . That is a 10.2% decrease compared to the same period last year, according to quarterly...

The Brussels-Capital Region is planning a network of cycling thoroughfares to be finished by 2020, according to documents obtained by La Libra Belgique . The main feature of the plan is the provision of a separate path alongside all major roads, where at present only a dividing line is painted on...

Stromae is in the Senegalese capital Dakar today to kick off his first African tour, reports Het Laatste Nieuws . The Belgian singer told the newspaper that he expects to experience a lot of emotions, especially at the end of the tour. That will take place in the Rwandan capital Kigali with a...

Federal government budget cuts are forcing Belgium’s defence minister Steven Vandeput to make critical choices about the Belgian army’s priorities, according to De Morgen . As a result, the army is increasingly called upon to carry out missions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) and...

Prime minister Charles Michel and federal foreign trade minister Kris Peeters are on an economic mission to Japan this week, hosting industry at a seminar to discuss why Belgium is the right place to invest. Michel told the crowd that memories of institutional crises in Belgium belong firmly in the...

In Brussels the corridors of power are notoriously labyrinthine. The European institutions have evolved in fits and starts since the cataclysm of the Second World War into a sophisticated system of checks and balances tasked with reconciling federal, national and regional interests—not to mention...

After the recent sudden deaths of young footballers Gregory Mertens and Tim Nicot, N-VA senator Pol Van Den Driessche ( pictured ) is advocating the introduction of basic first aid training for referees. Van Den Driessche, who is a ref for the U13- and U15 leagues, made his plea in a letter to the...

Concerned about the recent escalation of violence in Burundi, Belgium’s international development minister Alexander De Croo (Open VLD) has announced that Belgium will suspend its aid to the country, reports De Standaard . "I am very worried about the escalation of violence," said De Croo,...

According to Belgium’s Foundation Against Cancer, 15% of lung cancer cases in Belgium – or 1,050 cases annually – are caused by fine particles in the air. The foundation’s announcement came with a warning: Quality of air inside people’s homes is often worse than outside. The foundation cites...

A growing confidence in the resilience of Belgium’s economy has led to a sharp increase in the number of job vacancies in the first quarter of 2015, reports Jobat. According to the most recent Robert Walters European Job Index, the total number of job advertisements this year has already increased...