The paperwork that enables patients to receive a refund after visiting a doctor should be digitised by 2018, public healthcare minister Maggie De Block has said. “It will be possible to send the doctor’s fee in a safe way directly to the mutuality, so patients are refunded directly via their bank...

At the end of October, Brussels’ most fashion-forward district will roll out the red carpet for the annual fashion event Mode Parcours. Organised by the MAD Brussels fashion and design centre, this 15th edition will again bring exhibitions, shop window installations and workshops and, of course, a...

If you dig blues and country music, Belgo Cowboys are playing La Cuve à bière in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert on Saturday evening, from 21.00. The Brussels-based expat quartet (pictured) consists of Marius Costea and Rahul Venkit on guitar and vocals, Enea Pista Guerra on percussion and drums and Derek...

The Audi plant in Forest in Brussels has been chosen for the construction of a new electric SUV from 2018, when production of the Audi A1 comes to an end. The contract will ensure employment at the plant at current levels for the near future. The model is called the Q6 E-tron, and is larger and...

The legendary British comedian John Cleese will give three shows in Belgium in April next year. The “most senile member of Monty Python”, according to the promo text, will perform 'Last time to see me before I die' on 27 and 28 April in Antwerp's Stadsschouwburg, and on 29 April in Brussels' Bozar...

Belgium is considering imposing a ban on parents smoking in cars when children are present. Federal health minister Maggie De Block has commissioned a feasibility study which will look at other EU countries that have already banned the practice - such as France, Ireland and Greece. De Block said: "...

"Good for career, bad for relationship? Study reveals highs and lows of expat life in Belgium." When The Bulletin featured the results of the HSBC Expat Explorer Survey , the reactions were far more interesting than the results of the survey itself. As the comments on social media demonstrated,...

A photo of the newly established Belgian branch of the international beard club The Bearded Villains was used by French newspaper Le Parisien to illustrate an article about Swedish Bearded Villains who were mistaken for terrorists of the Islamic State (IS). The beard club has no affiliation with a...

UZ Brussel, the hospital of the Free University of Brussels (VUB), is carrying out an investigation into the possible leak of the names of sperm donors from its Centre for Reproductive Medicine (CRG). The investigation was launched after the service received an anonymous email alleging staff in the...

“ Freeing the public space from the dominance of the car is a big step forward,” writes Philippe Van Parijs, Brussels philosopher and founder of Picnic the Streets, the movement that inspired the creation of the capital's new pedestrian zone. “But we still have an obligation to listen to the...