Flemish judo star Dirk Van Tichelt was heading home on Saturday with a brand-new bronze medal, and a brand-new black eye. The medal he obtained in the line of duty, taking part in the Olympics in Rio De Janeiro. The black eye has more of a story behind it. At first Van Tichelt said it had happened...

The regional governments are in disagreement over which is responsible for paying for inspections on gas installations in 1.6 million homes after the Netherlands shuts down supplies to Belgium in 2030. About one-third of homes in Belgium are supplied with Dutch gas – one million in Flanders, 500,...

Supermarket chain Colruyt has managed to increase the percentage of company waste that is recycles to 82% – with an increase of 2% in the first half of this year. It’s a record for the Halle-based company, which has already exceeded its goal to reach 80% by 2017. A major contributor to the result...

Even unfinished, it was clear on Friday morning that the latest begonia flower carpet has a very different look. Of course each carpet has a different design depending on its theme. Two years ago it was a celebration of the Turkish community in Belgium so it drew from Turkish carpet design...

The escalators in the Brussels metro and pre-metro stations are on average 32 years old, writes Bruzz. Public transport company STIB therefore has its hands full with reparations and maintenance, dispatching technicians to the escalators at least 110 times a day on average. The escalators are too...

Four police officers in the Matongé neighbourhood of Ixelles in Brussels were injured in an attack by a group of youths, the Brussels prosecutor’s office has announced. The 19-year-old at the source of the attack is in custody. The youth was approached by the police during a routine drugs check...

The Eurostar high-speed train service between Brussels and London will be only slightly affected by a week-long strike announced by the RMT union, the company said. One return service on Friday will be cancelled. The rail, maritime and transport workers’ union is striking for better working...

Pieter Timmers on Wednesday won a silver medal for Belgium by finishing the men's 100m freestyle in 47.80, behind the 18-year-old Australian Kyle Chalmers who grabbed gold with 47.58. Timmers swam “the race of his life,” he told Belgian reporters. The 28-year-old Timmers, of Belgian Limburg, made...

Since the deadly terror attacks of 22 March, there have been at least 30 bomb threats reported each month in the Brussels-Capital Region, an average of one per day, writes Bruzz. As most of the bomb alarms turn out to be false, the local police conclude that it is the people's behavior that has...

People who regularly bike rather than drive weigh on average four kilograms less than those who primarily use a car to get around. That is one of the first results of the European Pasta project, carried out in Antwerp and six other European cities. Flanders’ institute for technological research,...