Contemporary multimedia arts project The Seasons marks the month of October with a Tchaikovsky piano performance, an original poem and a new illustration. Belgian concert pianist Marie François is the creative spirit behind this artistic experience that celebrates the seasons throughout 2026. It...

A new road tax for residents of the Brussels region is set to come into force on 1 July next year, the capital’s finance minister Dirk De Smedt has confirmed. The Boris Dilliès-led government recently reached an agreement on the road tax revision that ensures small city cars, zero-emission vehicles...

A police officer died in the line of duty in the Brussels region after being shot while approaching a vehicle reported as stolen following a carjacking in Tubize. Officer Nordine El Talbi was 41 years old and a member of the Anti-Aggression Brigade (BAA) for the Brussels-Capital/Ixelles area, a...

More than 60,000 croquettes were sold at the Shrimp Croquette Festival in Ostend, which attracted over 84,000 visitors to the annual three-day event on the Belgian coast. A professional jury proclaimed Leffe Beach’s croquette to be the best savoury snack among 15 competing restaurants. Meanwhile,...

Moviemills, the operator of a cinema complex in the Liège region, is opening a second cinema in the Docks shopping centre in Brussels. The announcement was made by Marie Boutet, communications manager of Liège group Gehlen, which owns Moviemills, reports Bruzz. It has bought the infrastructure of...

Edward McMillan, the artistic director and founder of The Bridge Theatre , exposes yet another Brussels paradox and one that is stunting cultural life in the capital. Although the city abounds with performance spaces, organisations constantly struggle to find suitable and available venues due to...

Operators of shared scooters, bikes and cars suffered an estimated tens of thousands of euros worth of damage due to vandalism during Friday’s student protests, and Brussels public transport operator Stib has reported damage to three trams, four buses, numerous bus stops and a lift. The protests...

Schaerbeek municipal council has issued an unfavourable opinion over controversial plans for the Josaphat site, citing a massive number of objections from residents. The former railway yard turned wild nature reserve has been the subject of heated debate for some time now, with plans to turn it...

As a ban on shared electric scooters in Brussels approaches on 1 January 2027, some operators in the region are still counting on a last-minute change of course. Current operators Dott and Bolt cite figures that show scooter usage rapidly growing in recent months. “Over the last three months, the...

Calls from young people to the suicide prevention centre have risen by 15% since 2020, according to volunteers staffing its 24 hour helpline. Some callers to the francophone service in Brussels and Wallonia are as young as the age of 10, reports RTBF. Showing a similar trend is the centre’s follow-...