Drivers with foreign licence plates in Belgium caught by speed cameras almost never receive a fine in the mailbox. The prosecutor's office in Halle-Vilvoorde sees 'no point' in enforcing the fines, according to autofans.be. The prosecutor's office last year acknowledged that it could not process...

The Brussels municipality of Uccle has granted an environmental permit to diving centre Nemo 33. The multi-purpose indoor diving facility is to expand with the addition of an open-air diving pit designed to look like a water-filled quarry, a windmill, a hotel with 35 rooms and parking for about 100...

Brussels state secretary for foreign trade Cécile Jodogne ( pictured ) this week leads Belgium's first official mission to Cuba in eight years. The last official mission dates back to 2007, when federal minister Jaak Gabriëls visited the country. "The Cuban economy has opened its doors, and we...

Federal minister for consumer affairs Kris Peeters is reviewing the law on the use of fireworks by members of the public for the first time in 50 years. The review aims, he said, to improve safety for the user in the light of technical changes that have taken place, as well as providing legal...

The Free University of Brussels (VUB) was launched on the Brussels stock exchange Alternext last Friday. The university has issued bonds and raised about €61 million. A bond is a debt investment in which an investor loans money to an entity, which borrows the funds at an interest rate for a defined...

Its emblem may be the snail, but Namur is slowly ditching its reputation as a genteel city with an equally sedate nightlife. The historic capital is revving up its image with an ever-expanding calendar of events, from cultural and culinary to heritage and sporting. So whether you’re on a one-day or...

Public transport passengers' association TreinTramBus is 'relieved' after the Belgian rail authority SNCB announced it will increase its rates by an average of 1.21% from 1 February, 2016. "It's just indexation, not the big bang we had feared," says spokesman Jan Vanseveren. TreinTramBus is less...

Gaelic games are played on a club and county level in Ireland, and have expanded worldwide, with clubs springing up wherever large groups of Irish expats have converged. That includes here in Belgium, where the club has been described as "the social anchor for Irish people in Brussels" by Ireland...

With a temperature of 20.8°C in Uccle on Sunday, it was officially the warmest November day ever recorded in Belgium. The previous record was on the same day last year, when the temperature reached 20°C, announced the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (RMI). The RMI at the same time...

The British indie rock band Editors has joined forces with cooperative brewery Brussels Beer Project to produce a new beer named Salvation, after a song from the group's fifth studio album, In Dream . The band performed in front of a sold-out audience in Brussels' Palais 12 at the weekend, writes...