The Brussels commune of Schaerbeek is interested in buying the property of the former Aux Trois Rois, its oldest café. The future of the property in the Chaussée de Haecht is uncertain since the death of owner Jules Van Geel earlier this year, writes Brusselnieuws. Van Geel, a widower since the...

An electronic badge or special permit is all a motorist needs to be allowed into the Brussels pedestrian zone by vehicle. Since the introduction of the car-free zone eight months ago, more than 4,000 permits have been issued, writes La Capitale . Brussels mayor Yvan Mayeur told the newspaper that...

Ethiopian Airlines is bringing a number of cargo flights back to Brussels Airport, after the company moved flights to Maastricht last November. By the end of March, the airline’s cargo flights will double to 12 a week. Ethiopian moved out last year because it was unable to obtain permanent traffic...

Shareholders of supermarket chain Delhaize have voted in favour of a proposed merger with the Dutch group Ahold, which runs the Albert Heijn supermarkets. The vote in favour was 96.7% at an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting in Brussels on Monday. The new company, to be known as Koninklijke Ahold...

After 18 months of renovation, Charleroi’s visual art beacon has re-opened as the Art Museum of the Province of Hainaut. Promoted to museum status with responsibility for the province’s 6,000-work collection, BPS22 is now one of the largest art museums in Wallonia and Brussels, as well as one of...

In 2016 and 2017 the Belgian population will increase by about 85,000 people each year, according to an estimate by the Federal Planning Bureau. Half of the growth can be attributed to the influx of refugees, writes De Standaard . Belgium's Federal Planning Bureau and General Statistics Directorate...

Belgian doctors work an average of 51 hours per week, the highest number in Europe, according to the Mediahuis newspapers. The general physicians (GPs) in Belgium are therefore calling for the creation of a new profession: physician assistant. The figures comes from a comparative study of doctors'...

Hooverphonic is back and the electronic group behind the hits “Mad About You” and “2Wicky” is bringing a number of surprising changes onto the scene. For starters, the band is now a duo, and its new album In Wonderland is perhaps the most varied one yet with no less than six guest voices. “At a...

Women are the victims of fiscal discrimination in Belgium, where tampons and sanitary napkins are taxed at the highest rate (21%), in the same category as so-called luxury goods. The value-added tax (VAT) on tampons and sanitary napkins in Belgium is 21%, while condoms, for example, fall under the...

Cancer fund Kom op tegen Kanker has called for semi-public open spaces – like train platforms, football stadiums and amusement parks – to be made smoke-free areas. The measure is necessary to protect people more against passive smoking, the breathing in of other people’s smoke, it says. The charity...