The Zinneke Parade in Brussels has won this year’s Flemish Culture Prize for amateur arts. The jury particularly praised the event’s multidisciplinary nature. The biennial Zinneke first took place in 2000, and this month hosts its ninth edition. The parade through the streets of Brussels is made up...

The Free University of Brussels (VUB) has launched a research group focusing on the impact of robots on our lives. The Brussels Human Robotic Research Center (BruBotics) is an initiative of eight research groups and more than 70 VUB researchers. They have joined forces to carry out...

More than a thousand people attended the first edition of the Brussels Smart City Event, which was organised at Tour & Taxis site on Tuesday. The summit was held by Bianca Debaets, secretary of state for digitalization in the Brussels-Capital Region. Thirty start-ups showed how they can...

In a prison in the Belgian town of Merksplas, in Antwerp province, on Saturday about 200 inmates occupied the courtyard, igniting fires and throwing stones, report various Belgian media. According to Merksplas mayor Frank Wilrycx, the prisoners caused a great deal of damage. “In some blocks, the...

The Belgian Red Devils will have to do without Vincent Kompany at the 2016 UEFA European Championship, or Euro 2016. The Manchester City player on Saturday announced that he was sidelined by a groin injury, which he sustained earlier last week during a Champions League match against Real Madrid. “I...

It was busier than usual on the Belgian motorways headed inland from the coast, says Peter Bruyninckx of the Flemish Traffic Centre in De Standaard . The post-holiday traffic is expected to reach a peak on SUnday between 17.00 and 18.00. "Around 10.00 on Sunday morning we already saw the first...

Brussels Airport has revised the suggested times when passengers should arrive at the airport, after new security measures were introduced to cope with the pressure on the re-opened departures hall. Long queues from earlier this week, which caused some passengers to miss their flights, have...

One day you’re bursting with energy, the next it feels like all your lust for life has seeped away. Burnout and depression are fast becoming the most prevalent illnesses of our time. Though the conditions are being taken more and more seriously by doctors, employers and insurers, measures to...

Seven thousand people have asked for a refund of their ticket to the AC/DC show on 16 May at the Werchter festival grounds after hearing that Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose would stand in for lead singer Brian Johnson. Johnson has dropped out of the AC/DC world tour because of hearing loss, which...

Groen party politician Björn Rzoska is commuting to his work in Brussels for three months by speed pedelec to statistically build the case for faster e-bikes. Rzoska rides 50 km by e-bike every morning from his home in Lokeren, East Flanders, to the Flemish Parliament, sharing his experiences by...