It's bear weekend at the Brussels Toy Museum , with free entry on January 9-10 if you turn up and bring a teddy bear with you. A "bear doctor" will be on hand to help with repairs to your old teddy, and there are also creative workshops for children. Rue de l'Association 24, Brussels, 10.00-13.00...

Post-industrial Charleroi is to Wallonia as Detroit is to the US and Glasgow to the UK. Once shorthand for industry and wealth, it is now more readily associated with economic blight and all its attendant woes. But the city is set for a renaissance, with the entire urban centre one giant building...

With the internet hit 'Nous sommes Bruxellois – Wij zijn Brusselaars' (We are from Brussels), a number of Brussels residents aim to restore the city's image after it was damaged by various international media following the increased terror threat of recent months. The video features locals talking...

Approximately 11,000 prisoners across Belgium will soon be able to make calls, watch digital TV, rent movies and play video games from their cells, the FPS Justice announced. All prisons will eventually be connected to a secure digital platform known as the Prison Cloud. The technology will also...

What do you do for work? I started working at SNCB through my stepfather. As a train conductor, I help bring the train safely from point A to point B. I am also responsible for providing information to passengers and checking tickets. Do you like your job? Yes, I think it's nice. Every day is...

The presiding judge at the Brussels court of assize, Karin Gérard on Tuesday was attacked by three men after she left work. The attackers waited for Gérard around 19.00 outside the Justice Palace as she headed from Rue Quatre Bras to Avenue Louise. The perpetrators mugged Gérard before delivering...

One out of four schools in Belgium hired a debt collection agency last year to follow up on unpaid invoices from parents. At 1,400, it’s a notable increase from five years ago, when only 950 schools across the country hired an agency for the problem. The parents of about 12,000 children last year...

Belgium’s four environment ministers – one from each region and one from the federal government – have finally reached agreement on the policy goals the country will adopt on climate change. The agreement was reached on Friday, six years after the negotiations started and a week after the start of...

Animal park Planckendael in Mechelen has announced the birth of a baby rhinoceros. He was born last month to mother Karamat and father Gujarat. The latter is now living in the Blijdorp park in Rotterdam. The baby (pictured), weighing 60 kilograms at birth, has not yet been named and is not yet on...

MAD Brussels, an emerging hub for specialists in the fashion and design industry, has been tasked with creating new uniforms for City of Brussels staff. All of the city's employees who come in contact with the public will be fitted with new designer uniforms. The goal is to highlight the role of...