The Bulletin meets... soprano Nicola Mills It's not every day you find a British professional soprano opera singer performing on the Grand Place in Brussels. Nicola Mills is from the north of England and came to Belgium to sing for the Opera Vlaanderen. She had a fear of singing by herself - so she...

American artist Bruce Geduldig passed away this week, on his 63rd birthday and in his hometown Sacramento, California. Known worldwide for his pioneering multimedia work with San Francisco avant-garde music collective Tuxedomoon, who rode out the Reagan years in exile in Brussels, Geduldig also...

Secondary school student organisation Vlaamse Scholieren Koepel (VSK) has launched a campaign to change images in school books to more realistically represent the diversity that makes up Belgian society. According to the VSK, most school books in Flanders present only traditional family structures...

Flemish artist Jan De Cock has listed his Brussels Art Institute (BAI), which is also home to his own studio, up for sale after the loss of a subsidy and bank demands for repayment of a loan. The move could see 400 students of the Sint-Lukas School of Arts, who are using the BAI while their school...

Anderlecht are the last Belgian side standing in European football, but only by a thread after losing 3-1 at Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk in last night’s Europa League final 16 tie. Besnik Hasi’s Anderlecht were on the back foot at the Lviv Arena, but Frank Acheampong’s 68th-minute goal offered...

Beer and chocolate: two of Belgium’s flagship products, now brought together by a Fleming with a day job in aviation and a sideline in food and drink. Werner Callebaut spent two years training as a chocolatier, followed a few years later by a course to become a beer sommelier. “I’m one of the few...

The Brussels commune of Etterbeek is tackling the problem of dog poo on its footpaths in an unusual way. Instead of removing the offending turds, a special brigade will spray them with fluorescent orange paint. The awareness campaign, which launched earlier this week, has already highlighted more...

For the fourth consecutive year, the Leuven Jazz Festival will be serving a broad menu of all things jazz, from concerts by acclaimed and emerging artists to movies, lectures and exhibitions. There’s even a quiz. Nearly all of the city’s cultural organisations are involved. The biggest names are...

Last year’s race car built by Formula Electric Belgium was among the fastest in the world. This year, a team of 37 engineering students from KU Leuven and Thomas Moore University have come together to build a worthy successor. For now, it is only a digital prototype, but when it’s complete, the car...

The popular Brussels seafood bar La Mer du Nord has announced plans to open a third restaurant next month, this time in the Marolles district, at the foot of the Poelaert-Marolles lift. It will be the first La Mer du Nord location to be operated by a franchisee, writes Brussel Deze Week. La Mer du...