The new parliamentary committee investigating the terrorist attacks of 22 March is due to carry out its first on-site inquiry this week. Members of the committee plan to visit Brussels Airport and to Maelbeek metro station, the scenes of the three suicide bombings. The committee, under the rules of...

Flemish public broadcaster VRT has announced that it will stop publishing new messages on Teletekst on 1 June. The service has been running for 36 years but has been overtaken by online services, the broadcaster said. Teletekst was launched in 1980 to provide news, a TV guide and cultural agendas...

A dolphin show at Belgium's Boudewijn Seapark in Bruges on Sunday was disrupted by a group of protesters. During one of the performances, the demonstrators jumped into the show pool and held up banners while shouting that the park should be closed, writes looopings.nl. All nine activists – five...

In three years, the number of 'green', or environmentally friendly cars has more than tripled in Belgium, according to figures from the FPS Mobility, writes Het Laatste Nieuws . Despite the positive trend, the total fleet of green vehicles still accounts for just 0.2% of all cars in Belgium. On 1...

Belgium's Hallerbos, a forest located in Halle, just outside of Brussels in Flemish Brabant, is again covered in a carpet of bluebells. The annual wild flower phenomenon last weekend drew thousands of visitors from home and abroad, writes Het Laatste Nieuws . The flowering bluebells, which are now...

Between 7,000 and 10,000 people took part in a March Against Hate in Brussels to show support for the victims of last month’s terrorist attacks and their families. More than 160 organisations were represented, and some victims and relatives were later received by the prime minister. Led by...

A researcher in Brussels has concluded that teachers don’t suffer from any more stress or depression than people in other jobs. Filip Van Droogenbroeck, sociology researcher at the Free University of Brussels (VUB), compared the prevalence of stress and depression among teachers with people in 31...

Tribes.city - international house parties in Brussels International house parties ... at a stranger's home. That's the idea behind Tribes.City , a new concept bringing together expats and Belgians alike here in Brussels. Our reporter Owen Stafford went along to one of the parties to find out more...

Belgian transport minister Jacqueline Galant on Friday resigned after the disclosure of a critical European Union report on the security of Belgium's airports. Galant is the first political victim of the 22 March terror attacks at Brussels Airport and Maelbeek metro station. The confidential EU...

The socialist union FGTB has called on its members to strike on Tuesday, 19 April, in protest at the budget measures announced by the federal government, including an end to the 38-hour week. Workers have been asked to gather at squares in Brussels (Place de la Monnaie), Charleroi and Liège. “It...