What is your job? As a gardener with the towns parks service, I am responsible for all the public parks and green spaces. Think, for example, of grass cutting, planting, weeding and all of the pruning work. Also the layout of these spaces is the responsibility of the parks service. Do you like your...

Chamber music festival Classissimo began life in 2007 as a Brussels Summer Festival bonus programme before going solo last year. Now a fully autonomous event, it hosts 17 classical ensembles across seven evenings in the Théâtre Royal du Parc. A visit to the beautiful 18th-century edifice is alone...

The Flemish Red Cross has issued a call for blood donors, as stocks of blood and blood products are “under pressure”. Groups AB- and B- are in a particularly critical state, the organisation said. The problem extends to platelets, which are extracted from donations of whole blood and help to...

AB InBev, the biggest brewer in the world, has been forced to raise its bid for the number two, SABMiller, thanks to the fall in value of the British pound following the decision to leave the EU. InBev was offering £44 per share, which has now increased to £45, valuing SABMiller at £79 billion (€93...

Each member of Brussels city council will be given a tablet computer as a way of making "savings on paper, ink, fuel and labour", it has been announced. The initiative comes from the Brussels councillor in charge of technology, Mohamed Ouriaghli, who said: "This measure is part of the Smart City...

The SNCB has imposed a total ban on train drivers using electronic devices, after seeing a surge in the number of trains running red lights. Last year, 92 trains missed a red signal - 26 more occurrences than in 2014. For the SNCB, it's no coincidence that the number of incidents is increasing...

Socialist party SP.A wants to give women the possibility of having an abortion up to 20 weeks after conception. The current limit is 12 weeks, unless the pregnancy seriously endangers the woman’s health or if the child is certain to be born with a severe and incurable condition. SP.A, currently in...

Brussels retail and food service businesses lost €122.5 million in trade as a result of the terrorist attacks in March, according to calculations by the federal economy ministry. Businesses in Flanders saw their takings drop by €33 million and in Wallonia the figure was about €20 million. The...

The Brussels meal delivery service Take Eat Easy has suspended deliveries while it looks for a buyer, following a disappointing capital round that ended this month. The company was set up in 2013 and came to be seen as a textbook example of a successful start-up. In partnership with city...

The Memorial Van Damme, one of the country’s most important sporting events, could find a new home in Bruges, after city politicians raised the possibility of a move from Brussels. “There are worse lifeboats than the attractive city of Bruges,” Memorial organiser Wilfried Meert said. The idea of a...