This Monday marks 30 years since the sinking of the Herald of Free Enterprise, one of Europe's worst-ever ferry disasters. In just 90 seconds the ship, carrying 459 passengers, capsized just outside the port of Zeebrugge in the icy North Sea. The loss of life was immense - 193 people died, many...

The Brussels Art Nouveau and Art Deco Biennial had become a victim of its own success - many more people wanted to participate than could be accommodated. The authorities and organisations in Brussels devoted to this architecture opted for restricted access - visiting groups were limited to no more...

The 4th edition of the charity bake off is off to a flying start this year with superheroes the chosen theme. Organised by the British Chamber of Commerce, keen cooks have until midday on 13 March to sign up for the competition. For a second year in a row the event will raise money for the non-...

The Free University of Brussels (VUB) has published an open letter calling on international academics and human rights organisations to demand that the Iranian government intervene in the case of Dr Ahmadreza Djalali. The professor, a guest lecturer at the university, is being held in a prison in...

More than 40 countries took part in the She Decides reproductive rights conference in Brussels, organised by federal minister for development co-operation Alexander De Croo and his counterparts in the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden. The four governments launched the initiative with a collective...

The Bulgarian national day is also known as Liberation Day. It marks the end of the Russo-Turkish war in 1878, when 500 years of Ottoman Empire rule came to an end. Officially, it only gained national day status in 1978. On top of this, Bulgarians had to wait until 1990 for it to become an official...

The Brussels Flamenco Festival at Bozar celebrates Andalusian music and dance with the help of guest performers from Spain as well as representatives of Brussels’ own thriving flamenco scene, organised with the Spanish embassy and boasts several performances. Spanish guitarist Gerardo Núñez and his...

Fayçal Cheffou, accused last year of being the airport terrorist suspect known as “the man in the hat”, has filed a complaint against the police for harassment. He claimed that police have picked him up for three other incidents, also without reason. Security footage from the Brussels Airport...

American media company Vice has launched a new broadcast channel, Viceland, in Flanders. The channel forms part of Telenet’s basic package, on channel 21. It will be picked up by Proximus in June. In the meantime, programmes can also be watched online. Viceland is owned and operated by Vice Media,...

Erik Van Den Eynden (pictured) has been appointed the new CEO of ING Belgium, the bank has announced. Van Den Eynden succeeds Rik Vandenberghe, who stepped down unexpectedly in January. Van Den Eynden, 49, started with ING in 1990, when it was called Bank Brussel Lambert, as a management trainee,...