The parks, woods and forest managed by Brussels Environment will be closed to the public on Thursday from 7.00 due to forecast strong winds. The west to southwesterly wind bring gusts up to 90kph until the early hours of Friday, according to RTBF. Brussels Environment advises everyone to stay away...

Alexander De Croo, the federal minister responsible for postal regulations, will not allow postal deliveries to be cut to three or four days a week, as proposed by postal regulator BIPT. According to the regulator, a daily mail delivery is no longer necessary, given the changes in the way people...

Work has started in Knokke-Heist to repair damage to beaches caused by a severe storm in January, Flanders' public works minister Ben Weyts has announced. The repairs are expected to cost €17 million. The storm was anticipated for days in advance and precautions taken to limit flooding on the...

Marks and Spencer will close its Brussels store on 30 September, as work gets under way to negotiate redundancy terms for about 130 staff and find a new tenant for the premises. The British food and fashion outlet - one of about 50 worldwide earmarked for closure - was initially due to shut up shop...

Belgium's finance ministry says it is negotiating with Airbnb in the hope of reaching an agreement to share personal data about landlords who make money from the property rental platform. "We are at the very beginning of our discussions, but we hope to reach an agreement," a spokesman for FPS...

The Brussels region says it will press ahead with issuing noise fines for late-night and early-morning flights taking off from Brussels Airport from Wednesday, while the Flemish region has vowed to continue doing everything in its power to combat the plan. Budget airline Ryanair announced on...

Rail services are due to return to normal next Monday after last weekend's derailment near Leuven in which one passenger died and 19 were injured, rail operator Infrabel has confirmed. Repair works on the busy Brussels-to-Liège line through Leuven are being carried out in stages, with 300m of rails...

The Republic of Estonia became independent back in 1918, though it officially took two years for it to be properly recognised through the Tartu Peace Treaty. During the second world war, it was annexed by Nazi Germany. Following this, Estonia remained a part of the Soviet Union until its downfall...

EU interns gathered outside the European External Action Service building on Place Schuman on Monday to protest against unpaid internships. The demonstration in Brussels coincided with gatherings elsewhere in the world and was coordinated with the Global Intern Coalition on the UN day of social...

One person was killed and 19 injured after a train came off the tracks outside Leuven on Saturday afternoon. The accident happened as the train, heading to De Panne, passed over a set of points. One carriage left the rails and derailed the others, for reasons that still have to be clarified. Rail...