In 2015, 16 inmates committed suicide while doing time in a Belgian prison. That's less than the 18 suicides in 2014, but equal to the 16 suicides committed in the previous year, according to justice minister Koen Geens in response to a written request from socialist party MP Elio De Rupo. Three...

The University of Ghent prohibits its students and staff to travel to Turkey until further notice, after the recent terror attack at Istanbul Airport. Students with an Erasmus exchange programme planned for this autumn in Turkey will be required to change destination, and all tours and visits to...

The preparatory construction works for the redesign of Brussels' pedestrian zone are already underway at some sites or even nearing completion, such as at Place Fontainas. But the spacious area around the Bourse is still open and buzzing with activity during the summer months, according to Bruzz,...

The shock decision by the British people to leave the EU has even caused a minor ripple in Mini Europe, the Brussels theme park where landmark European buildings are created in miniature. Does Big Ben still belong in Mini Europe, now that Great Britain has voted for a Brexit? asked De Standaard...

The amount of antibiotics prescribed in Belgium has risen again over the last decade, despite numerous campaigns highlighting the harmful effects of intensive antibiotic use, according to a study published today by the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL). The Belgian government has launched an...

Transport company Uber is recruiting staff in Brussels to help expand its meal delivery service UberEATS, reports Bruzz. The service allows customers to use a simple app to order and pay for a meal, which is then delivered to the home by an Uber courier within 35 minutes on average. UberEATS exists...

North Station in Brussels is now the busiest in the country, taking over first place from South Station, according to the national rail authority SNCB. Last year North Station (pictured) saw a weekday average of 63,104 passengers, an increase of 8% on the year before. That came on top of a 24%...

What’s the connection between the Battle of the Golden Spurs in Kortrijk in 1302 and the Battle of the Dance taking place on Muntplein/Place de la Monnaie in Brussels? The answer is 11 July. That was the date in 1302 when a huge battle took place on the the Groeningheveld outside Kortrijk. Lining...

Turkey Lodos opened only recently, on Grande Rue au Bois in Schaerbeek, bringing together everything you would previously find in the little shops dotted around the commune. Fresh fruit and veg, fresh meat, cheeses galore, spices, sauces and snacks. Upstairs there’s cookware and kitchen equipment...

The recent suicide attacks at Istanbul airport in Turkey and in a shopping street in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad are commemorated this week in front of the Bourse, in Brussels city centre, writes Bruzz. The site at the steps of the old Brussels Stock Exchange is not only a memorial place for the...