What do you do? I work as a billing adviser, which means that I co-ordinate the invoicing. It’s an interim position right now, but soon I’m getting a permanent contract and I’ll earn more than I do now. I really like my job. It’s challenging, varied and I have quite a large range of tasks. Do you...

The Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities (VVSG) has submitted an urgent request to the Flemish government to find a solution for the temporary slaughterhouses in time for the Muslim Feast of Sacrifice in September. Ben Weyts ( pictured ), Flemish minister for animal welfare, would like...

At the end of last year, the Brussels-Capital Region unveiled its new logo and with it a new flag. On Monday the first new flags were raised on several of the Region’s buildings, reports Het Nieuwsblad . The former golden iris on a blue background, which dates from 1991, was replaced by a playful...

Champagne imports to Belgium last year rose by 2.3% to 9.74 million bottles, making Belgium the fifth largest importer of Champagne, reports the Benelux Champagne Agency. Belgium accounts for 6.67% of global Champagne exports, according to the agency. On a global scale, Champagne imports last year...

Four organisations that depend largely on volunteers for their work have been awarded a medal of honour by the Flemish parliament: Chiro Brussel, representing youth, the National Orchard Foundation, representing the environment, the Centre for Suicide Prevention, representing the care sector and...

Dutch-speaking university colleges want to oblige first-year students to achieve a minimum of 60% of the total study points rather than the 50% now required. The Flemish University Colleges’ Council (Vlhora) hopes that raising the bar will lead to a change in mentality among first-years that...

For two years, the European art and advocacy programme Parol! has given prison inmates across the continent an opportunity to nurture their inner artists. They rose to the occasion, and the results are now on show in a multidisciplinary group exhibition at the MuntPunt library and information...

A large taxi demonstration is taking place today in the centre of Brussels, in a procession that started this morning near North station before heading to the centre with an aim to end up in the EU district at Schuman around 14.00. The taxi drivers are protesting against a new taxi plan proposed by...

In February there were 44,504 new cars registered in Belgium, a decrease of 3.6% compared to the same month in 2013, according to automobile federation Febiac. In the first two months of this year there were 91,828 new cars registered, a decrease of 4.1% compared to the same period in 2013...

Works on the Oosterweel connection in Antwerp – a system of roads and tunnels intended to close the Antwerp Ring and ease traffic congestion – will begin in 2017, minister-president Geert Bourgeois and public works minister Ben Weyts have announced. The project will be split into five parts, which...