Three members of the federal government have written to Belgian communes to raise awareness of the illegal use of parking spaces reserved for disabled people, their respective spokespeople announced yesterday. In their joint letter, Joëlle Milquet, home affairs minister in charge of equal...

The Brussels region and the provinces of Hainaut and Liège will receive €120m from the European Union over a two-year period, aimed at getting young people under the age of 25 into work, L’Echo reports today. The European Union has a total budget of €6bn to promote youth employment in the smallest...

Belgium is demanding that the European Union lift sanctions on a Zimbabwean mining firm despite deep concerns within the Union over alleged fraud in a July election that kept President Robert Mugabe in power, reports Reuters . Belgium's call for the removal of sanctions on the state-run Zimbabwe...

Belgian foreign minister Didier Reynders yesterday strongly condemned the attack against the convoy carrying Egyptian interior minister Mohamed Ibrahim (pictured) . "The fight against the scourge of terrorism can only be effective if done in accordance with human rights," Reynders said in a...

Scotland manager Gordon Strachan has endorsed Belgium’s credentials as potential 2014 World Cup winners - but insists his revitalised Scotland side can hand them a rare defeat in Glasgow tonight, writes The Scotsman’s Stephen Halliday . The Belgian national team arrived in Glasgow with an all-time...

Has your tram been cancelled without prior warning? Is your bus being driven in a somewhat erratic manner? Are you struggling to find a Mobib top-up machine that works? Is the STIB app on your smartphone being particularly unhelpful? Don’t (just) huff and puff: share your experience. And, if you...

A talented trio of comics are hotfooting it from the UK to entertain Brussels crowds on September 14 The comedy circuit Stand Up Brussels kicks off its season with Brit Pat Cahill, Welshman Matt Rees and Canadian Sean Collins. Rising star Cahill won Chortle Best Newcomer in 2012. He mixes physical...

The Flagey police station in Ixelles is no longer open on Sundays as of September 1, RTBF announced yesterday on its website. The closure, effective for two months, is part of a pilot project and could be extended to other police stations in the Brussels Capital region. The decision by the commune...

Keith Vaz, the chairman of Britain’s Home Affairs Select Committee, has said he was concerned about an immigration loophole involving tickets on the Eurostar, reports Politics Home . "I’m very concerned at a loophole where you can buy a ticket from Brussels into France to pass through Paris and...