According to Ghent University security expert Kenneth Lasoen, Brussels is a hotbed for spies and hackers from Russia, China and the US. Lasoen’s comment in daily newspaper De Standaard are in response to the latest report submitted by Comité I, the regulatory agency responsible for Belgium’s State...

Christo and Jeanne-Claude's art installations have enthralled a worldwide public for decades. The wrapping of the Reichstag in Berlin, the wrapping of the Pont Neuf in Paris, the installation of the Gates in New York’s Central Park were all monumental projects but also ephemeral. They created an...

Gilbert & George, the "art for all" artists work in many media but call everything they produce sculpture - their drawings are charcoal on paper sculptures, for instance. The pair have been together and lived in an 18th-century house in the East End for 50 years and an exhibition of their...

Brussels wants to join forces with Liège and a city in Flanders to share the title of 2030 European Capital of Culture, the region's president Rudi Vervoort has announced. The partnership across the three regions would be used to mark the bicentenary of the kingdom of Belgium. A Belgian city is...

Belgium's supreme administrative court has been asked to intervene in a dispute over the US embassy's planned move to Watermael-Boitsfort. Property firm Cofinimmo, which owns the former Axa building on Boulevard du Souverain, has appealed to the Council of State to overturn an application for the...

Two right-wing politicians have said they will ignore a police ban and go ahead with a planned "Islam safari" through the streets of Molenbeek on Friday. The mayors of Molenbeek and Brussels-City have banned the gathering organised by Vlaams Belang leader Filip Dewinter and Geert Wilders, leader of...

Lovingly known as Belgium’s smallest cinema, Styx in Ixelles has re-opened its doors after closing two years ago. The diminutive cinema has been renovated and is under new management. Artists Luis Cardoso and Isabelle Licher – the latter works in the visual arts – have taken over the space and...

Plenty of business trips begin with a journey to the airport, but Brussels Airport wants Zaventem to become a business destination in its own right. Major office developments are under way in the heart of the airport, and the first corporate resident has already moved in. That resident is...

A new art exhibition specially designed for children has opened at the Musée d'Ixelles and aims to teach art appreciation through movement. The Hop! exhibition, aimed specifically towards children aged six to 12 years old, is co-produced with the non-profit Patrimoine à Roulettes (Heritage on...

Brussels' waterbus service carried 43,000 passengers this summer, beating expectations and making inroads into the commuter market for the first time. Provisional figures published this week show the service from Place Sainctelette in Brussels to Vilvoorde attracted 10,000 more people than last...