The Christmas tree erected annually on Brussels’ Grand Place traditionally comes from the Ardennes, in the south of Belgium. But this year the tree comes from the Tireliwoud, near the Latvian capital Riga. The 18-metre high fir was felled yesterday morning and made a nearly 2,000-km journey to...

Individuals can now apply for a .brussels domain name up until December 15. All that is needed are a Belgian eID and eID card reader, reports Brusselnieuws.be. For the initiative, the Brussels-Capital Region’s digital presence, visit.brussels, has joined forces with top-level domain name...

Belgian Red Devils trainer Marc Wilmots is happy with the result of yesterday’s European Championship qualifier match against Wales, which ended in a 0-0 draw. “We had bad luck,” he said, according to fcupdate.nl. "I saw a lot of good things: pressure up-front, a strong organisation in the back and...

The blacklist containing the names of people in Belgium who have defaulted on one or more loans should be expanded, according to the policy statement of federal consumer affairs minister, Kris Peeters. The blacklist, maintained by the Central Individual Credit Register (CKP) of the National Bank of...

Belgium urgently needs to appoint a national diabetes co-ordinator, according to Johan Wens, GP and part-time lecturer at Antwerp University. His opinion was published last Friday, World Diabetes Day, in the medical professional magazine De Artsenkrant . According to De Artsenkrant , diabetes is...

Meyrem Almaci has been elected as the new president of the Flemish party Groen, with 60% of the vote at a party congress in Brussels. Her opponent, Elke Van den Brandt, obtained 40% of the total 761 votes cast. Almaci ( pictured ) succeeds Wouter Van Besien, who announced his resignation in August...

Belgian documentaries are in the spotlight in Le Week-end du doc until Sunday across Brussels and Wallonia. With 135 screenings in more than 80 venues: 42 in Brussels and 41 in Wallonia, the second edition of the event showcases the depth and diversity of francophone documentary films – a too-...

Brussels public transport operator (bus, tram and metro) STIB will not raise its prices in 2015, reports Knack.be. STIB will be largely spared from the planned budget cuts announced by the Brussels government. “Investments can be made to the Brussels public transport network without raising the...

Brussels’ two breweries, Cantillon and Brasserie de la Senne, will not be represented in the new Belgian Beer Temple, expected to open in Brussels in 2018. The Beer Temple will especially focus on the country’s bigger breweries. Cantillon regrets that the Beer Temple will give no attention to...

Shopping and leisure complex Uplace in Machelen, just outside the Brussels Ring Road, has let more than half of its commercial space and is on track to open in 2018, developer Bart Verhaeghe said. The controversial site is still fighting for approval of its environmental permit but hopes to have...