Belgium is one of the world’s top 10 countries to be a child, according to the End of Childhood Index published by Save the Children International. Save the Children collected data from 172 countries and presented the results in a report called Stolen Childhoods. “Childhood should be a time to...

Brussels mayor Yvan Mayeur announced his resignation on Thursday just before 17.00, reports Bruzz. A meeting was planned later in the evening for the (former) mayor and Socialist Party member to further explain his resignation. The decision does not come as a surprise, according to Bruzz, as it was...

Hundreds of people gathered at Brussels' Mont des Arts on Thursday afternoon, to take part in a conference and accompanying 'demonstration to end violence against women and girls'. The organisers of Loud and United expected about 500 demonstrators to participate, writes Bruzz. "In Europe, 50 women...

A French musician has become the first ever winner of Brussels’ international Queen Elisabeth Competition for cello. Victor Julien-Laferrière, born in 1990, began playing with the French Philharmonique in 2013 after winning the 2012 Spring Prague International Competition. He will go on to play...

Flanders and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) have agreed to restore 24 military burial sites in West Flanders. Minister-president Geert Bourgeois has signed a multi-year agreement with the CWGC to restore some of the most famous First World War memorials in the Westhoek area,...

The board of Samusocial, the non-profit that looks after the homeless in Brussels, has collectively resigned over attendance fees paid to board members including Yvan Mayeur, the mayor of Brussels-City. In the meantime, the system of payments has been scrapped. Payments for board members to attend...

Non-profit Waterloo Sessions teams up with Belgian NGO Music Fund for a music festival of a different kind this Saturday. Give Music a Chance , an eclectic, family-friendly music bash taking over the gorgeous grounds of Waterloo’s Campus d‘Argenteuil, is not only a festival but also a charity event...

Flemish mobility minister Ben Weyts has announced eight new sets of roadworks to be carried out this summer on the Brussels Ring, aimed at improving traffic flows. Major works are planned for 2019. The works are small-scale measures that can be carried out relatively quickly but will still make a...

The Belgian Privacy Commission has given the go-ahead for the home affairs ministry to start gathering the personal details of everyone boarding an international flight from the country. The measure is the result of a law passed by parliament in December as a means of fighting terrorism, and other...

In 2016, more than 9,000 Walloon families moved to Flanders, a quarter more than the year before, writes Het Nieuwsblad based on figures from the FPS Interior. In line with the same trend, the number of families leaving the Brussels-Capital Region for Flanders last year rose by 8.6%, from 18,499 to...