The Brussels police on Friday were attacked by a group of youth near Place Flagey. The officers were pelted with stones and cans, said a spokesperson for the Brussels-Capital Region in La Dernière Heure . The police reacted to a call just before 20.00 on Friday evening about a group of young people...

Suspected terrorist Mohamed Abrini – otherwise known as “the man in the hat” – has taken part in a reconstruction of the events of 22 March in Schaarbeek and at Brussels Airport. Abrini, the sole survivor of the group of three suicide bombers that detonated bombs at the airport, began the day in...

Created for Brussels European Capital of Culture in 2000, the Zinneke Parade - which takes place this weekend - has become a mainstay of the city's cultural landscape, attracting over 85,000 spectators.
 Made up of residents and artists, it highlights the rich culture of Brussels, cosmopolitan and...

The memorial site in front of the Bourse, which arose spontaneously after the Brussels terror attacks of 22 March, will be cleared on Friday, writes De Standaard . For weeks following the attacks, hundreds of people made their way to the square in Brussels city centre to express their grief, many...

LBC-NVK, the largest trade union federation within the Christian union ACV-CSC, has announced it will hold a demonstration in Brussels on 10 June to protest against the plans for the reconfiguration of the health care sector put forth by Flemish welfare minister Jo Vandeurzen. The union claims that...

While a number of restaurants in Brussels continue to struggle with the effects of a drastically reduced clientele two months after the terror attacks of 22 March, various organisations have reported that a modest recovery is underway. One particularly sunny holiday weekend in mid-May contributed...

The Brussels-based Child Focus is working to alert authorities and the public about the number of missing unaccompanied refugee minors in the country. In the first four months of this year, the organisation opened 32 case files, compared to 36 in the whole of 2015. According to director Heidi De...

On the day of the terrorist attacks in Brussels on 22 March, mobile phone operator Proximus introduced a priority calls system to allow 50 senior officials and others to use the network in Brussels even when it was saturated for other users. The move was revealed this week by Proximus CEO Dominique...

The Brussels Art Institute (BAI) in Anderlecht, run by Flemish artist Jan De Cock, has been pulled back from the brink of closure by the Flemish Community Commission (VGC), which manages Flemish affairs in Brussels. Students from the Sint-Lukas arts secondary school in Schaerbeek are currently...

Win tickets: The Live Comedy Festival is back with an impressive range of international star stand-ups from now until mid-June, in Antwerp and Brussels. Performances this year include the UK's Jimmy Carr, the brilliant ventriloquist Nina Conti and American Reginald D Hunter. 24 May, 20.00 at CC...