Unemployment in the Brussels region has fallen for the 26th consecutive month, down 4% year on year according to new figures for December published this week.

The region has 96,736 people registered as seeking work - a 17.6% unemployment rate. The jobless figure has fallen by about 4,000 in the past year and by more than 12,500 over the past three years.

Youth unemployment, which has been falling every month for the past three-and-a-half years, now stands at 26.3%, according to the new stats from job centre Actiris.

The Brussels region had 10,688 young people out of work in December - down 8% on the same time in 2015. Actiris said it advertised 2,083 job vacancies last month.