Brussels Aquarium will shut down on 7 January, with management saying they are "exhausted by the fight" to keep the place running. The attraction, which is tucked away next to Koekelberg basilica, has been open to the public for 12 years and boasts more than 250 species of fish and amphibians from...

A competition to redesign the City of Brussels' eight chip stands has attracted 52 proposals. In July, city authorities launched a public tender inviting architects and design firms to come up with a new uniform look for the city's fritkots that will become instantly recognisable "a bit like the...

Ryanair - which flies from Charleroi and Zaventem airports - has announced it will delay the introduction of strict new hand baggage rules until after the Christmas holidays. The Irish budget airline said the proposed changes, which were due to come into force on 1 November, would now be pushed...

Following the recent “Me, too” social media action in response to revelations about sexual intimidation and harassment in Hollywood, the Free University of Brussels (ULB) has announced that it is launching a help desk for students on the subject. The idea for the department, which is due to launch...

Anyone renting out accommodation on Airbnb in Belgium can earn up to €6,000 a year tax-free now that the federal government has approved a number of sharing schemes for the fiscal advantage. The regulation, which comes into force on 1 January, also allows those making €6,000 or less a year on the...

As shoppers around the world become increasingly aware of the environmental impact of what they buy, alternative shops are cropping up to cater to the socially conscious market. One of them is Brussels’ own cooperative supermarket, Bees Coop , set to open at the beginning of 2018. Modelled on...

Fashion fans shopping in Brussels' trendy Dansaert district can visit a new pop-up store this autumn: Oxfam. The charity is claiming a European first with the launch of its " Empty Shop " - a store that starts each day with a new collection of donated fashion, and aims to sell the lot by closing...

The SNCB is planning a "massive operation" to publicise its "little-known" suburban rail network in Brussels, the rail operator's new chief executive has announced. Sophie Dutordoir said that of the 34 SNCB rail stations in the Brussels region, 20 were "hidden away". Commuters appear unaware that...

The Iranian professor associated with the Free University of Brussels (VUB) who was imprisoned last year in Tehran has been sentenced to death, according to his wife. Ahmadreza Djalali, who teaches a course in disaster medicine at VUB, was accused of “collaboration with scientists from foreign...

Federal justice minister Koen Geens met with Belgium’s prosecutors-general last night following new revelations in the 30-year-old case of the Brabant Killers. The case concerns a group of masked, armed men who murdered 28 people in violent robberies on supermarkets and warehouses in Flemish and...