Employees of Belgium's national railway company SNCB this morning spontaneously stopped working at stations in Brussels and Wallonia, and some of their colleagues in Mechelen, Ostend, Kortrijk and Merelbeke quickly followed suit. The action could cause major disturbances to this evening's rush hour...

Belgian restaurant chain Balls & Glory will open a new location next to the Bourse, at the heart of the Brussels pedestrian zone, writes Bruzz. The chain, first launched in Ghent by chef Wim Ballieu, has since spread to Antwerp, Leuven, Eindhoven and Rue de Laken in Brussels. Ballieu chose the...

The “right to be forgotten”, which allows members of the public to have references to their private life removed from internet searches, also extends to newspaper archives, the Cassation Court has ruled. The court was ruling on an appeal by Rossel, publishers of Le Soir newspaper. They had been...

This year is Saint-Gilles' 800th anniversary and it's been 600 years since the locals started cultivating and developing the Brussels sprout on these hillsides overlooking Brussels from the south. It is also the 14th edition of Saint-Gilles' biennial Parcours d'Artistes (Forest joined the party two...

The Brussels Museums Council has launched the exhibition 100 Masters, which sees 100 exceptional works of art on show for 100 days in 41 museums across the capital. The council thinks that too much emphasis is put on temporary exhibitions and wants locals, expats and visitors to reconnect with the...

About 60,000 people participated in the national demonstration on Tuesday in Brussels, according to official figures from the police. The anti-austerity demonstration was mostly peaceful, with the exception of some disturbances around Boulevard du Midi by a small group of demonstrators, writes...

Belgium's secretary of state for asylum and migration Theo Francken will receive an additional €30 million from the federal government to support the repatriation of asylum seekers to their home countries, writes Het Laatste Nieuws . The immigration department's repatriation service is to be...

Italian marathon runner Ivana Di Martina yesterday arrived in Brussels after running 900km in 13 days. The 45-year-old woman and mother of three children ran from Milan, Italy to Brussels, Belgium through Switzerland and France to raise awareness of food poverty among children. The initiative is...

Two weekends ago saw the most dramatic Formula One race in years, and it was all down to one young man: Max Verstappen. He set a record that will almost certainly never be broken. Verstappen’s victory in the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya on 15 May makes him the youngest driver in...

Vlerick Business School has moved up the Financial Times’ Executive Education rankings for both Europe and the world. Vlerick, with campuses in Ghent, Antwerp and Brussels, remains the top business school in the Benelux for the fifth year in a row. Vlerick’s overall ranking was boosted two places...