Belgium's prime minister Charles Michel has received a disturbing audit report on the security of his office at Rue de la Loi 16, and his official residence on rue Lambermont, both in Brussels. The report, compiled by the Federal Police, warns that suboptimal security measures at both locations put...

More than 80% of the apartments above the Apple and Marks & Spencer flagship stores in Brussels' Toison d'Or shopping complex have found a buyer. The opening of a child day care centre and a supermarket in the new complex makes its integration with the neighbourhood complete. Included in the...

The Grand-Place in Brussels will welcome its biggest-ever Christmas tree this winter - and the Christmas market will be redesigned to take in a larger part of the newly pedestrianised city centre. This year's tree will come from Belgium and is 21 metres tall - following last year's 18-metre gift...

One of two mummies that went missing from a Brussels museum in 1970 has been found in Mons, after a man tried putting it up for sale at auction. The Royal Museums of Art and History had lent the mummies to two doctors , who studied them for the effects of decomposition and radiography. Their...

Brussels authorities are planning tougher action after seeing an "alarming" increase in unauthorised roadside advertising. More than 350 warnings have been issued so far this year, compared with 250 for the whole of 2014. Communes with large industrial zones such as Molenbeek, Schaerbeek and...

The federal government has again increased the number of places available for refugees who have not yet been processed by the Office for Foreigners, as the stream of asylum-seekers arriving in Belgium continues unabated. After a brief respite, the numbers of refugees arriving this week rose again,...

In the darkness of a Brussels theatre this weekend, cinema-goers will put on blindfolds and rely on children in the row behind them to explain in hushed voices what is happening. "It's a very intimate, personal experience," says Britt Hatzius, the multi-media artist behind Blind Cinema, which has...

While Belgian ceremonies take place next Wednesday on Armistice Day, the Irish in Europe organisation gathers at the Anglo-Belgian war memorial in Place Poelaert on Saturday at 12.00 for its annual remembrance event . In addition to honouring Irish losses in the first and second world wars, it pays...

The number of accommodations offered in Belgium via Airbnb doubled in the last 12 months, according to Philippe Coulon, general manager of Airbnb Belgium. The online marketplace for the rental and booking of private accommodation lists about 2 million properties worldwide. In Belgium, there are...

Belgian shop owners last year lost €927 million due to stolen merchandise. The Belgian figures contrast sharply with the European trend, which shows a decrease in retail crime across Europe, according to the Global Retail Theft Barometer. The global study is commissioned by Checkpoint Systems, a...