The Antwerp Court of Appeal has convicted Flemish public transport operator De Lijn for violating the region’s decree on equal opportunities and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Four wheelchair users took the company to court in 2023 after filing a complaint...

The Brussels region spent just €3.2 million on resurfacing its regional roads last year, well below the estimated €10 million needed annually. At least 10% of the 800km of Brussels roads that are managed by the region - not communes - must be resurfaced each year in order to keep them in good...

The formidable figure of Mary of Hungary, the sister of Charles V and governor of the Low Countries, is finally honoured in Belgium in a major exhibition at the Royal Museum of Mariemont. Mary of Hungary. Art and Power in the Renaissance offers and immersion into a critical period of Belgian and...

With popular night venues Bonnefooi, Spi-rito, Reset and La Cabane already closed or on their way out, the iconic Madame Moustache may be the next club to say goodbye, its owner has warned. Located near Place Sainte-Catherine, the 1960s-inspired dance cafe, which first opened in 2010, describes...

A typical Brussels tradition, the art of string puppets or marionettes has been added to Unesco's list of intangible culture heritage. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), whose convention has been signed by 180 countries, granted this recognition at the...

While the Metro 3 project remains bogged down by political uncertainty and budget issues, three research agencies are currently conducting a study on behalf of the federal Brussels fund Beliris into another possible line providing "high-quality public transport" to Uccle and Forest. The...

One in four Brussels food businesses that were inspected in the most recent round of checks from the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) failed to meet hygiene standards, analysis of the latest figures has revealed. FASFC launched a database where anyone can search for a...

With temperatures unseasonably warm for the time of year, European weather observatory Copernicus forecasts that 2025 is on course to be the joint-second warmest year in Belgium since records began in 1850, with November the third warmest on record. The day Copernicus made its observation...

Belgium’s interior minister Bernard Quintin (MR) has authorised local authorities to use house arrest, curfews and fireworks bans to prevent violence on New Year’s Eve. New Year’s Eve regularly ends in riots in some Belgian cities, often involving violence against the police and emergency services...

Belgian railway operator SNCB has introduced a new timetable from this Sunday, with more trains in the evening and at weekends, including on the suburban S-network around Brussels and parts of Flanders. “Thanks to these additional trains, passengers who go out for the evening in Brussels (or...