Federal minister for consumer affairs Kris Peeters has proposed increasing the fines for retailers who offer fake discounts during sales periods. Fines currently run from €1,500 to €60,000. The law currently states that the official sales periods – in January and July – should be preceded by a 30-...

Military personnel will remain on the streets of Belgium until at least 2 March, the Belgian council of ministers decided on Friday. The decision made by the cabinet - chaired by prime minister Charles Michel - is based on the latest risk assessment by terror threat analysis body OCAM. Soldiers...

A road in Brussels' EU district collapsed on Saturday morning, swallowing a parked car and leaving a five-metre deep hole. A water leak was to blame for the road surface giving way on Rue Stevin, a few hundred metres from the Berlaymont. A Citroën C1 was damaged and had to be lifted out of the hole...

More than 3,500 people have signed a petition expressing concern about the future merger of Brussels' Royal Museum of the Armed Forces into a bigger new organisation later this year. The Citizen's Movement for the Safeguard of National Heritage, which is behind the petition, wants assurances that...

Organisers of the Formula E all-electric grand prix are seeking a new venue in Brussels after plans to host the motor race around Koekelberg and Ganshoren were rejected. The race, scheduled in the Formula E race calendar for 1 July, was due to take place on the roads surrounding Parc Elisabeth and...

Retailers at Westland Shopping Centre in Anderlecht have been told they will receive no compensation after a ceiling collapse forced all 140 stores to close for four days in the height of the January sales. The precinct reopened partially on Saturday and fully on Monday - and management have spent...

The governments of Flanders and Brussels have been unable to reach an agreement over the latter’s strict new limits on aircraft noise. Flanders argues the new limits simply push flights taking off from and landing at Brussels Airport over the Flemish periphery, while Brussels insists the limits are...

The King Baudouin Foundation, with the backing of the Brussels-Capital Region, is launching a major participative project in which it will question the people of Brussels about social solidarity and the future of society in the capital. The project is called BruVoices. “Society in Brussels has been...

The 16th edition of the Liège Festival - which gets under way this weekend - brings together an international array of theatre to create a festival where a multiplicity of points of view abound. The festival features works and performers from Chile, the United States, Bolivia, Italy, Romania,...

The Brussels-Capital region will spend €10 million on renovating the Toison d'Or shopping district between Avenue Louise and the Porte de Namur, minister Pascal Smet has confirmed. Work will start in early 2018, and only after roadworks are completed on nearby streets including the Chaussée d'...