The court of appeal in Brussels has suspended the handling of certain cases due to structural understaffing, it has announced. “The Brussels Court of Appeal regrets this situation, which it has been condemning for years without receiving a positive response that befits the tasks entrusted to this...

A plan to merge the six Brussels police zones will be finalised before the summer, according to Belgian interior minister Bernard Quintin. “I will present this plan to the government in the coming weeks,” Quintin announced. “My ambition is for it to be finalised before the summer, which will give...

Belgian actor Émilie Dequenne has died of a rare cancer in a hospital just outside Paris, her family and her agent confirmed on Sunday. Tributes have been pouring in from the film and cultural world following the death of the 43 year-old who was born in Beloeil in the province of Hainaut. It was in...

Funny Women Brussels stages Mis(S)Labelled by Estonian comic Heli Pärna on 30 March and 6 April at the Plume Persée in Ixelles, as well as 3 May at the Amai Comedy Club in Ghent. Irish comedian and MC Niamh Moroney delivers the opening act for the three Belgian shows before the pair head off on a...

A new online platform to report emergency services and hospitals in Brussels that fail to provide medical care in Dutch has been announced by the regional Flemish government. Emergency departments, medical emergency groups and public hospitals in Brussels are legally required to be bilingual...

The rollout of fibre optic internet in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert has been suspended following a flood of complaints from residents, along with shortcomings directly observed by the municipal administration. Telecommunications company Proximus has been installing new fibre optic infrastructure in the...

The Train Hostel homeless shelter in Schaerbeek that currently houses 103 people will close its doors on 31 March, prompting concern from non-profit associations working in the social sphere. The former youth hostel reopened in March 2023 as an emergency shelter for homeless people, providing not...

From pioneering public swimming pool to one of the most beautiful museums in France, Art Deco masterpiece La Piscine continues to be showered with eulogies. The 1932 pool and baths built for textile workers in the northern France industrial town of Roubaix is a showcase for the region’s art and...

Belgian railway operator SNCB, infrastructure manager Infrabel and human resources service provider HR Rail are preparing for another major strike on Monday 17 March by planning alternative service options. Fewer trains will run between 23.00 on Sunday 16 March and the same time on 17 March but an...

The annual summer bars in Brussels parks, called "guinguettes", will return in 2025 with or without a government in place, according to environment minister Alain Maron (Ecolo). The guinguettes were facing uncertainty about their ability to proceed with a lengthy application and approval process...