Matchbooks and cigarette packs are the last thing you expect to see under glass in the Egyptian section of the Cinquantenaire Museum, still less a wrapping paper for candles made in Antwerp. But their presence in the museum’s Djehutihotep exhibition brings a new perspective to the modern practice...

Yesterday should have seen the grand opening of the new and long-awaited tunnel linking Schuman railway station and the Halle-Vilvoorde line 26. But that opening has been postponed until April because of delays caused by the heightening of the terror alert in Brussels last month. Instead, federal...

The Indian airline Jet Airways has officially announced it will stop flying out of Brussels Airport on 26 March. Flights to Mumbai, Delhi, Newark and Toronto will instead leave from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol starting the next day. Rumours of the company’s departure have been circulating for some...

Three 20-somethings entered the nativity scene on Brussels' Grand Place at the weekend, stealing the statue of baby Jesus and causing considerable damage to the other props, reports the Brussels public prosecutor. The three youth were released after questioning, but will at least have to pay for...

Last year, 121,324 drivers in Belgium received a fine for using their mobile phones behind the wheel, according to figures from the General National Database (GND) of the federal police. The figures, which interior minister Jan Jambon requested from MP Jef Van den Bergh, show that the number of...

According to Het Nieuwsblad, Belgian musician Stromae on Saturday tied the knot with his girlfriend Coralie Barbier. The event was a surprise even to the 180 guests who were invited, but did not know it was a wedding party, according to the newspaper. The singer, whose real name is Paul Van Haver,...

Some of the measures taken by the government after the terrorist attacks in Paris may in hindsight have been exaggerated, prime minister Charles Michel said in interviews last week with Het Nieuwsblad and Le Soir. He proposed that a command unit be established to run matters in a similar emergency...

Trade unions used to be a pillar of Belgian society. In the social market economy, known as the Rhine model, employers and employees were partners that co-operated to their mutual benefit (with the state in regulatory role). In this model, there was no real antagonism between unions and management...

Belgium's national football team, the Red Devils will take on Italy, Sweden and Ireland in the European Championship (Euro 2016) next summer, announced the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Tickets go on sale on Monday, as the football federations of all 24 qualifying countries put up...

The third edition of the RTL Christmas Parade on Sunday evening drew about 70,000 spectators to the centre of Brussels, reports tourism minister Philippe Close. The parade was expected to attract about 150,000 spectators. "We didn't see as many visitors as in previous years, but there is a...