The second edition of the All Genders Welcome campaign launched on Monday in Schaerbeek with an introduction by equal opportunities minister Bianca Debaets. Six Brussels communes are taking part in the awareness campaign, which is part of the current Pride Festival, writes Het Laatste Nieuws . The...

Communication scientist Caroline Pauwels has been elected as the new rector of the Free University of Brussels (VUB). She replaces Paul De Knop, and becomes the second woman to lead VUB after emeritus professor Els Witte, who was rector from 1994 to 2000. Pauwels, 51, has been managing VUB’s media...

They’re calling it a miracle baby, but in fact the new arrival at Antwerp Zoo owes its existence more to a fascinating quirk of nature than to any divine intervention. There is a tiny baby hiding in koala Guwara’s pouch. When koalas give birth, the babies move from the birth canal into the pouch...

It’s not always easy to find a cultural institution dedicated solely to kids and teenagers. But since 1991, Bronks theatre, located in an eye-catching, glass-meets-concrete architectural gem in the heart of Brussels, is one of Belgium’s most successful. Its mostly Dutch-speaking programme is...

Montasser AlDe'emeh on Sunday closed De Weg Naar, the anti-radicalisation centre in Molenbeek where he has counseled radicalised Muslim youth and their families since early 2015, he confirmed to Knack. "It is now up to the government. I cannot continue to do this alone," he says. The researcher and...

To increase accessibility to Brussels city centre, the Brussels government this week decided to introduce an electric city bus that will run from Avenue Louise to Rue Antoine Dansaert, writes De Standaard . The bus, which will be smaller than a standard STIB bus, may also be authorised to drive...

Four people were injured, including two seriously injured at the weekend following an explosion in a steam locomotive, writes VTM News. The accident occurred during the annual Steam Days festival of Maldegem, East Flanders, which this year commemorated 50 years since the last steam train ride...

Jo Cornu, the business executive brought in to run the national rail authority SNCB in 2013, is to step down after serving less than half of his six-year term. Cornu is 71 and when appointed made it clear he might not finish the term. “I would like to fulfil my entire mandate,” Cornu (pictured)...

A fire has destroyed a warehouse in Aalst used to store carnival floats. The cause was the use of an angle grinder, the East Flanders prosecutor’s office said. The people of the city are “wounded in their hearts,” according to mayor Christophe D’Haese. In Aalst, home to one of Europe’s largest...

The dead body of a narwhal was discovered yesterday by walkers at a sea lock along the River Schelde near Bornem, in Antwerp province. The marine mammal, often called the 'unicorn of the sea', is a medium-sized whale with a long tusk. The animal is mostly found in the Arctic seas, writes Het...