The federal parliament is to consider a proposal to give a new legal status to the victims of terrorism, according to justice minister Koen Geens. The proposal by health minister Maggie De Block would allow victims a recovery pension and lifelong free medical treatment. Last week, the parliamentary...

Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia all exceeded the legal limit for fine particles in the air at the weekend. Flanders passed the limit of 50 micrograms of particles per cubic metre of air on Saturday to reach 57µg/m³. The Brussels region reached 44µg/m³ on Saturday, and passed the limit on Sunday...

About 5 million Belgians have given their permission for their medical data to be exchanged between care providers. This gives care providers permanent access to a patient’s most recent medical information, such as a blood sample or prescribed medicine. Citizens can give this permission at a GP,...

The name says it all: the menu at Momo revolves completely around one signature dish – momos, the Tibetan take on dumplings. Opened three years ago, the unassuming but friendly Brussels eatery has become a bit of an institution as one of Ixelles’s major lunch bars, attracting an international crowd...

What is your job? I am a community worker for the city of Ghent. We work on social cohesion in a number of neighbourhoods in Ghent, so that everyone can feel welcome without losing their identity. Together with other partners, I regularly organise activities so that the communities can learn about...

At the time of the inauguration of Donald Trump, halfway across the world, about 1,000 people gathered at Place de la Monnaie on Friday afternoon for the Lights for Rights demonstration. The demonstration in Brussels was one of many happening all over the world on Friday and Saturday. The Women’s...

La Monnaie has invited contemporary Danish performance company Hotel Pro Forma, led by director Kirsten Dehlholm, to breathe new life into Giacomo Puccini’s masterpiece Madama Butterfly. The three-act opera follows ill-fated young geisha Cio-Cio-San as she marries an American naval officer and...

"Intelligent bins" that send a message when they need emptying have been a success in Brussels' pedestrian zone - prompting the city council to invest in more of them. In November 2015, 18 of the solar-powered bins were installed in the city centre. Each bin uses the photovoltaic energy to compress...

La Monnaie has invited contemporary Danish performance company Hotel Pro Forma, led by director Kirsten Dehlholm, to breathe new life into Giacomo Puccini’s masterpiece Madama Butterfly. The three-act opera follows ill-fated young geisha Cio-Cio-San as she marries an American naval officer and...

We’ve always known that Belgians love beer, waffles and fries. But recently we discovered that there’s something else that sets their hearts on fire. "Belgians are in love with their gas pedals," according to the Gazet van Antwerpen. The newspaper was reporting on the annual survey by the Belgian...