Truvo Belgium, publisher of the Gouden Gids/Pages d'Or, or Yellow Pages, has filed for bankruptcy. FCR Media, an Estonian group, has emerged as a possible buyer and has submitted a plan for a rapid restart. The plan includes retaining about half of the current workforce of 520 employees. FCR’s...

"They're using the photograph – they're being very open about it. It's photographic realism. I don't know, photorealism. Does that sound good to you?" The words of the writer and art dealer Louis K Meisel, talking to the art critic Howard Smith in Manhattan in 1969. It turned out to be a good name...

Standing close to her mother outside a wind-swept Gare du Nord, five-year-old Ellie hands a weather-beaten middle-aged man a cheese sandwich and small carton of juice. He gives a slight bow and a coy smile. Other volunteers pour coffee and hand out waffles. The men they serve - mainly refugees from...

The seismograph of the Belgian Royal Observatory in Uccle on Sunday evening registered seismic activity after each of Belgium's four goals against Hungary, writes Sporza. The Royal Observatory also registered a small earthquake last week immediately following Nainggolan's goal in the match against...

Erik Reynaerts, president and founder of 1895, the official fan club of the Red Devils, has died of a heart attack at the age of 50, report various Belgian media. The founder of 1895 collapsed in his Toulouse hotel shortly after witnessing Belgium's 4-0 win against Hungary. Reynaerts was quickly...

Teachers of Tai Chi are offering free classes in green and urban spaces across Brussels, the City reported in a press release. Until 30 September, the free Tai Chi lessons will be held six times a week across the capital, writes Bruzz. The goal of the initiative is to encourage residents to reflect...

Brussels National Let’s start with Belgium’s biggest airport, returning to normal operations after March’s terrorist attack. Despite the loss of direct flights to the US and Canada through Jet Airways – an India-based airline that has decided to move its base out of Brussels –there is good news for...

Drivers in Brussels can sign up this week for two new car-sharing schemes, as new entrants DriveNow and Zipcar prepare to join existing providers Cambio and Zencar. BMW/Mini and car rental firm Sixt are launching their scheme, DriveNow, on 6 July with 150 vehicles at first, doubling to 300 by the...

Britain remains, for now, a full member of the European Union and there are "no immediate changes" in the way citizens can travel or do business, the British ambassador to Belgium, Alison Rose, has said. As European Union leaders gather in Brussels on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss last week's...

Many hospitals in Belgium will likely only carry out urgent surgical procedures over the summer because of a shortage of anaesthesia, according to the pharmacists’ journal De Apoteker. The shortage is due to a temporary production stoppage in the spring at a GlaxoSmithKline factory in Parma, Italy...