The Belgian Royal Meteorological Institute has confirmed that Monday’s temperature in Brussels was the highest ever seen so late in the year. The Uccle observatory recorded 25.7°C on Monday afternoon, beating the previous 16 October record of 22.4°C back in 1949. Four October days in history have been warmer than yesterday – but they all […]

In this campaign speeding drivers have a face-to-face meeting with a parent whose child was killed on the roads. Those ones who drived with a speeds up to 162kph were crying and in shock when they learnt that they are sharing the back-seat of a car with a bereaved parent. The drivers were stopped on […]

In order to speed up the process of making payments by individuals and businesses, Belgian banks will start offering instant money transfers from November next year. Belgium would follow the lead of Sweden, Denmark, the UK, Poland and Switzerland where instant transfers can already be made 24 hours a day and seven days a week. […]

Belgian prime minister Charles Michel and federal justice minister Koen Geens took the initiative for a ‘Brussels international Business Court’, which they say would settle legal disputes among international companies. A preliminary document outling the structure and responsibilities of the institution has been drafted. The new court can start operating sometime over the next few […]

  All Brussels’ metro stations are now with WI-FI, all pre-metro stations in the 19 municipalities are also now covered. There are now more than 170 wifi.brussels hotspots across the capital. “Between 2015 and 2025, we are investing €5.2 billion in the development of the public transport system,” said the region’s mobility minister Pascal Smet. […]

  Male and female race winners of the Brussels marathon will be paid the same money, after criticism that the fastest man earned three times more than the fastest woman. A photo widely shared on social media showed the men’s and women’s podiums after Sunday’s 42km race, with the male winner Stephen Kiplagat holding a […]

It’s official: Laura Groeseneken, an experienced musician and singer from Leuven, will represent Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest next year in Lisbon. Flemish public broadcaster VRT chose Groeseneken, though the singer had never put her name forward as a candidate. “I was totally surprised because I thought you had to apply to be considered,” […]

On Wednesday workers in Parvis de Saint-Gilles have found two complete skeletons, believed to be 300 years old. They were digging holes to plant trees in front of the Brasserie Verschueren and found the bones 1 metre below. A team of archaeologists from Brussels city heritage department was dispatched to the site and excavated the […]

According to figures released by the Federal Public Service (FPS) Economy, the average salary of a full-time worker in Belgium was €3,445 brut a month in 2015. In 2014 the average salary was €3,414. The figures also show that half of the country’s workers earned more than €3,095 and 10% earned at least €5,308 before […]