Total sales volume for e-commerce in Belgium has rised up to €9.1 billion (10%) last year. It’s a new record, according to BeCommerce whose annual figures reveal that 8.4 million Belgians made a total of 85 million purchases online in 2016, or slightly less than one order per person per month. The figures also reveal […]

Amazon Pantry, a branch of the internet giant that allows customers to order groceries for home delivery is now available in Belgium. The service is already a hit in the US and UK. According to Gino Van Ossel, a retail expert at Vlerick Business School, “it is certainly a threat to our supermarkets”. One problem […]

12 pilot projects on home hospitalisation have been launched by Federal health minister Maggie De Block. The purpose is to ascertain whether patients can get certain care at home, with the same quality and safety guarantees as in a hospital. The projects will test a number of situations, including intravenous administration of antibiotics and cancer […]

Thousands of women and men worldwide demonstrated against social, legal, political, moral and verbal injustices against women. Under the slogan, ‘International Women’s Strike’, demonstrators gathered on Wednesday at numerous events across Belgium, especially in Brussels, Genk and Ghent, writes De Standaard. Women and men in more than 45 countries are physically or virtually ‘on strike’ […]

The number of tourists who stayed overnight in Belgium last year with the help of Airbnb rose up to 600,000. Last year, about 600,000 tourists used Airbnb residence in Belgium, compared to 350,700 a year earlier, the company said. Brussels and Flanders were in especially high demand, welcoming 230,000 and 270,000 guests, respectively. Along with […]

A new broadcast channel, Viceland, has been launched in Flanders by American media company Vice. The channel will become a part of Telenet’s basic package, on channel 21. It will be picked up by Proximus in June. In the meantime, programmes can also be watched online. Viceland is owned and operated by Vice Media, known […]

The famous forest Hallerbos in Flemish Brabant, attracts plenty of visitors from Belgium and abroad every spring. Incredibly beautiful ancient forest – it’s extremely beautiful and unexpected forest scenery during flowering bluebells between the trunks of giant sequoias. According to the Flemish Agency for Nature and Woodlands, volunteer stewards are needed to keep visitors on […]

The government of Brussels region will create a working group that will deal with the issues relating to Brexit. The Head of coordination group will become external trade secretary of the Brussels Capital Region – Cécile Jodogne. The aim of this group will be to prepare the region for Britain’s eventual departure from the European […]

According to Eurostat figures, Luxembourg has the highest minimum wage in the European Union – 1,999 euros, the lowest minimum wage is in Bulgaria – 235 euros. Almost all countries have a minimum wage with exceptions coming from Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Italy and Cyprus. Eurostat said that compared with 2008, national minimum wages grew […]

According to new data from notaries, house prices in the Brussels region rose by an average of 4.1% last year, and prices for apartments were up 1.6%. Despite a growing population and low interest rates, the real estate market in Brussels remains relatively stable. However there are big variations from one district to the next, […]