The young Belgian director Thomas Van Deursen is looking for money to make a documentary about Brussels, and in particular the pedestrian zone around Rue Anspach. He needs at least €3,750 to buy the equipment necessary to produce the film, an amount he hopes to raise through crowdfunding. The...

Belgian rail company SNCB is today running the first tests for wi-fi on the train. Telecoms minister Alexander De Croo and mobility minister Jacqueline Galant are on board for the test drive, together with rail boss Jo Cornu and commercial director Bart De Groote, writes De Morgen . SNCB will soon...

The Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp has reported three new cases of the zika virus in Belgium. One of the cases is classified as “probable” while the other two are “certain”. About 20 people every week who have recently returned from South America, Central America or the Caribbean are...

Despite campaigns to discourage the excessive use of antidepressants, prescriptions increased again last year, according to figures released by the Institute for Pharmaco-Epidemiology in Belgium. Last year, 314 million daily doses of antidepressants were sold across the country. That constitutes an...

In the past seven years, nine evening markets have popped up across Brussels, and four more are expected to open in the coming months, writes Brussel Deze Week. And the number will only continue to increase, according to regional trade agency Atrium, which speaks of “a typical metropolitan...

In an effort to encourage Brussels residents to compost their organic waste, the City of Brussels in early February launched a system whereby it provides a full reimbursement for the purchase of a worm composting bin. "We want to encourage everyone to compost in order to reduce household waste. I...

The driver who drove his SUV through the Brussels tram tunnel on Sunday evening is 67-year-old Francis L. of Keerbergen, who was “just following his GPS”, writes Brusselnieuws. It told him to keep left at the entrance to the Albert premetro tunnel, he said. “It was dark and rainy, and I don't know...

The City of Brussels has announced its collaboration with local consultancy firms CO2logic and Eco Res to create a new climate plan. The goal is to make strides towards meeting the EU’s energy and climate goals for 2030. The companies will first analyse greenhouse gas emissions; the plan drawn up...

Federal mobility minister Jacqueline Galant has completed preparations for new legislation governing the use of drones. The new law follows news last year that the technological sector was still being governed by a law on model aircraft dating from 1954. The original draft of Galant’s proposal...

One of the main suspects in the corruption case involving the federal government’s Buildings Agency has been sentenced to 18 months in prison by the Brussels Court of Appeal. Raphael Engels was given a two-year suspended sentence last April and appealed. The Court of Appeals earlier handed down...