After a competition among about 30 artists, the federal government has announced which artist will sculpt a monument to remember the victims of the Brussels terror attacks last March. The chosen project is that of the Schaerbeek artist Jean-Henri Compère. The monument is planned to be in the...

Property sales in Belgium were up 8.2% in 2016 compared with the previous year, according to notaries' figures published on Tuesday. The average price for a house increased slightly over the past year, about 0.9%. Taking inflation of 1.7% into account house prices fell in real terms. However, the...

Thousands are expected to gather on Place de la Monnaie in central Brussels on Friday for the Lights for Rights event, which has been organised to coincide with the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States. The event is being organised by several non-profit groups...

Westland shopping centre in Anderlecht will remain closed until at least Friday, after a false ceiling collapsed on Saturday night. The centre's owner said no risks would be taken and work will be carried out to reopen the facility safely. The closure comes in the middle of the January sales, and...

The governments of Flanders and Wallonia have applied for Unesco world heritage status for 26 First World War cemeteries and other sites. The sites form part of a joint application for Unesco recognition submitted by Flanders, Wallonia and France. Flanders minister-president Geert Bourgeois said...

With weather forecasts of temperatures this week hovering around freezing point, electricity provider Elia is facing the possibility of having to use its reserves to meet market demand. “These are tense times,” a spokesperson said. Elia provides electricity to Belgium and France, but, while Belgian...

An extra 150 Villo! bicycles are to be made available in Brussels this summer by provider JC Decaux. The corporation’s plan is not to add more bike stations, but extra docking capacity at some of the busiest stations. Currently, Villo! has a 5,000-strong fleet of bikes, spread across 354 stations...

Police in the Brussels-Capital/Ixelles unit handed out drink-driving fines amounting to almost €5,000 over the weekend, in a widespread series of spot checks. Nine drivers had their licences temporarily revoked (for 15 days) after failing a breathalyser test, according to the Brussels prosecutor’s...

Belgium will release €3 million in support to South Sudanese refugees who have fled their homeland amid an ongoing civil war. More than a million inhabitants of the East-Central African country have had no other option but to cross borders into Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya...

Five Brussels residents, backed by the environmental NGO Client Earth, have taken the regional government to court claiming a lack of information and action on air pollution in the capital. During the first court hearing, on Friday, complainants called for government officials to more effectively...