The French-speaking culture minister in Brussels, Alda Greoli and her colleague Joëlle Milquet have reacted disappointed in the decision of the municipal college to hand over the management of Cirque Royal to Brussels Expo instead of Botanique, reports Bruzz. The decision is "primarily based on a...

Brussels maintains its annual tradition of putting up an enormous Christmas tree on the Grand Place with the delivery today of a 22m-tall fir tree. The tree was donated by Slovakia to mark the completion of its six-month presidency of the European Council, writes De Standaard . After a journey of 1...

Plans by Brussels Airport to extend one of its runways to become the longest in Europe are causing rumblings of protest in the municipalities of de rand, or the Flemish periphery around Brussels. The plans were leaked to Het Nieuwsblad. The main element of the plan is the extension of runway 25L to...

Bianca Debaets, minister of for equal opportunities in the Brussels-Capital Region, has launched a new campaign against sexual intimidation. MeldGeweld (Report Violence) calls on witnesses of intimidation against women and the LGBT community to report what they have seen. The launch of the campaign...

Flemish minister-president Geert Bourgeois held a meeting in Brussels yesterday with David Jones, a junior minister in the British government’s department created to arrange the UK’s departure from the European Union. The meeting had been arranged in London last month, but had to be postponed to...

The KVS (Royal Flemish Theatre) is taking full advantage of Brussels' position as the most cosmopolitan city in Europe - and second most cosmopolitan city in the world - to produce both a wide variety of performances as well as unexpected combinations of genres and cultures. "We have very strong...

State-owned telecoms company Proximus has begun testing the next generation of super-fast mobile internet. The tests of the 5G system took place earlier this week in Antwerp, but the company has said it will concentrate in future on Brussels. The new 5G offers speeds up to 100 times faster than the...

Rue Neuve in Brussels and the Meir in Antwerp are the most expensive locations in Belgium to rent retail space, writes Bruzz. Retailers there pay an average of €1,850 per square metre per year, according to a study by real estate consultant Cushman & Wakefield. Avenue Louise, also in Brussels,...

A procession of nearly 8,000 soldiers on Tuesday demonstrated in Brussels against the raised pension age for military in Belgium. While the protest march began peacefully, riot police were eventually called in to use tear gas and water cannons against the increasingly restless crowd, reports De...

Computer giant Microsoft will establish its new Brussels offices in the Passport office complex at Brussels National Airport, which is currently under construction. Brussels Airport wants to establish itself as a prime location for businesses, and KPMG and Deloitte have also already chosen the...