The Belgian Tornados relay team on Sunday took home a gold medal on the final day of the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Prague for the men’s 4×400-metre relays. The team, with Julien Watrin and the Borlée brothers, Dylan, Jonathan and Kevin, finished in 3 minutes 02.87 seconds, beating...

For a long time, there was some prejudice against organically brewed beer — it won’t store as long, they said. However, today more and more brewers are going to bio route. Some are striving for authenticity and tradition in their brewing processes, others are doing it out of ecological conviction,...

The eighth edition of Museum Night Fever brought nearly 17,000 people to the Brussels event, the most successful edition to date, according to the organisers. The event attracted a decidedly young crowd, with three-quarters of the visitors younger than 35, reports brusselnieuws.be. For the event,...

The man suspected of carrying out an attack on a cleaning person at a Delhaize supermarket in Antwerp last month has been arrested in France. The Dutch national is accused of throwing acid in the cleaner’s face, causing severe burns. The attack happened three months after the man began a campaign...

The federal government has reached agreement on its plans to keep older workers in employment and to phase out the country’s early retirement system. The new policy means that in future, older workers who are unemployed or who take early retirement will have to be available for work. They will also...

The addition this year of 300 surveillance cameras in Brussels streets will bring the total number of cameras in the city up to 1,000 by the end of 2015, report the Sudpresse newspapers. It is up to the municipalities to decide whether to install additional cameras, where and how many. The only...

The biggest party in Brussels this weekend, as well as the quirkiest, is Museum Night Fever on Saturday evening with 23 cultural institutions opening their doors from 19.00-1.00. In addition to exhibitions, they all offer offbeat programming. Brussels Royal Military Museum in Cinquantenaire Park is...

The Foundation Against Cancer has called on the government to ban tanning salons, after a report revealed that there is virtually no official scrutiny of the sector. Tanning salon operators described the call as “drastic”. According to figures from the economy ministry requested by MP Els Van Hoof...

The federal government is bracing itself for a fresh round of industrial action this spring as several large unions have said they are preparing to strike if their demands are not met. Unions have been in talks with government leaders for months about the impact of several new policies, including...

The number of murders and suicides involving firearms in Belgium has decreased significantly since 2006, the direct result of the tightening of the Belgian Firearms Act in the same year, according to the Flemish Peace Institute . In 2006 in Belgium, there were an average of 300 murders and suicides...