A year of roadworks on the Chaussée d'Ixelles begins this Tuesday, as preparations are made for a daytime traffic ban and more space for pedestrians. From 2 May, the busy shopping street will become one-way from Place Fernand Cocq towards Porte de Namur. F rom 16 May, this section will be closed in...

The terrorist attacks at Brussels Airport and the Maalbeek metro station in March 2016 had a significant effect on tourism in Flanders, according to Visit Flanders’ annual report. The report was presented by tourism minister Ben Weyts at the weekend. The number of overnight stays by foreign...

Following a successful pilot project in Antwerp, it is now Brussels' turn to recruit more local police agents. The six Brussels police zones will be given their own recruitment service in order to boost the number of Brussels-based agents, reports Bruzz. "Less than five percent of our officers are...

Nearly two out of three Belgians (64%) believe that membership in the European Union is a good thing, according to a recent poll commissioned by the Parliament. Confidence in the EU is on the rise across the region, despite the recent Brexit decision, with 57% of Europeans saying they believe in...

Four Brussels locals have announced they will swim across the English Channel in July to raise money to help refugees. Their team, Carpe Marem, hopes to collect €20,000, writes La Dernière Heure . In mid-July, the four men, all between 27 and 29 years old, plan to depart from Dover, England, and...

A funeral took place last week at the military cemetery in Leuven for three members of the UK’s Royal Air Force – 72 years after their plane went down. The men were on a mission from RAF Waterbeach in England to bomb a German petrol refinery in Gelsenkirchen, when their plane, a Lancaster NN775...

Big data. Data mining. The internet of things. These are the lucrative concepts SMEs will need to understand if they want to compete in the modern marketplace. And help is at hand in the form of a new centre in Wallonia that aims to untangle the jargon and get small businesses and jobseekers using...

One hundred years ago, Flanders witnessed one of the costliest, bloodiest offensives of the First World War: the Third Battle of Ypres, also known as the Battle of Passchendaele. Meticulously planned, it was intended to be British commander Sir Douglas Haig’s breakthrough battle. Allied forces were...

A handful of companies with outstanding track records in export were recently pushed into the limelight by the Walloon Export and Foreign Investment Agency (AWEX). In front of a 300-strong audience at a ceremony at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Charleroi, six companies – from a biotech firm to an...

A waterbus service linking Vilvoorde with Place Sainctelette in Brussels resumes on 1 May for its sixth summer season, with an ambition to attract 40,000 passengers this year and eventually break into the commuter market. For the first time this year, the boat will ply the canal every weekday from...