The Brussels metro station Porte de Hal will be the first station to test out free wifi on the metro, with initial tests starting this summer. About a quarter of the metro stations should be equipped with free wifi by the end of the year, writes Bruzz. After Porte de Hal, the rest of the stations...

From mid-July, smoking will no longer be allowed in the Antwerp Zoo, with the exception of six designated smoking zones. A smoking ban will also come into effect in Planckendael Zoo, near Mechelen, from August. Planckendael ( pictured ) will have eight designated smoking areas, to accommodate its...

There's a new summer music festival in Brussels this week. The Midsummer Mozartiade is a week-long series of musical performances taking place in heritage sites in central Brussels, especially around the Royal Park which dates from Mozart's lifetime. Considering the very heavy summer event schedule...

Belgium are out of the Euro 2016 tournament after a brutal 3-1 defeat to Wales in the quarter finals in Lille that raises questions about the future of coach Marc Wilmots. The Red Devils looked crushed at the final whistle, but they paid the price for a tactical naivety that saw their defence...

The Belgians are poring over crucial questions about Brexit – the decision by UK voters to leave the European Union. Among them: Can flourishing trade relations with the UK ever be the same again? Will plummeting investments recover? Is it the end of the EU? Are all the Brits in Brussels going to...

A Catholic rest home in Diest, Flemish Brabant, that refused to carry out a request for euthanasia had no right to do so, a court in Leuven has ruled. The organisation Sint-Annendael Grauwzusters, which manages the Sint-Augustinus rest home, was ordered to pay €6,000 damages to the woman’s family...

Four Belgian filmmakers have been invited to join the prestigious American Oscar academy, writes De Morgen . Directors Dominique Deruddere ( pictured ), Sahim Omar Kalifa, Marie-Hélène Dozo and cinematographer Jo Willems yesterday received an invitation in the mail from the Academy of Motion...

Last year, 41,000 new jobs were created in Belgium and this year another 43,000 jobs will be created, resulting in nearly 55,000 fewer job seekers in 2018, and a drop in the unemployment rate from 8.6% to 7.8%, according to the latest report by the High Council for Employment (HRW). The jobs of the...

Rock Werchter, Belgium's annual music festival, opens this afternoon in the village of Werchter, near Leuven, but the rainy conditions of the last few weeks are causing havoc on the roads. Traffic on the way to the festival and in Werchter has been particularly busy since early Thursday morning,...

The Brussels-Capital Region has withdrawn the urban planning permits for the redesign of the pedestrian zone in Brussels, minister-president Rudi Vervoort announced yesterday. The decision was made after the region received negative advice from the auditor of the Council of State in a case brought...