Belgian prison staff went on a 24-hour strike starting at 10 p.m. on Thursday evening to protest against overcrowding and poor working conditions; Belgian prisons currently house around 12.000 people, exceeding the capacity by around 1.300 inmates

The Belgian Competition Authority expressed concern about the potential implications for consumers of the common Batopin cash distribution network, created by the country's four largest banks

After previous plans to build an outdoor swimming pool on the Béco Canal pier in the northern part of the city failed, a proposal was made to have the pool built by the private Finnish company Nordic Urban

Mixed race people, children and grandchildren of unions between Europeans and Africans in colonialism are totally forgotten by Belgium's reparation policies, according to a report by the non-governmental organization African futures lab

Google has started construction of a second data center in Belgium, in Farciennes, Hainaut province, with total investment of €1 billion, which will also use to expand its existing data center in the country