Brussels is a cinephile city, with a relatively high number of cinemas and film festivals throughout the year catering for every possible interest. Venture into Flanders and Wallonia and the same is true, with cities boasting both multiplex and art-house screens, and film festivals of international...

A labour of love by the organisers, the 15th edition of the Pink Screens Film Festival celebrates alternative sexualities and genders through nearly 80 films, performances, an exhibition, workshops, gigs and parties. Back in the Cinema Nova as usual, with additional screenings at the close-by...

Prime minister Charles Michel expressed concern about security following yesterday’s election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States, while Flemish minister-president Geert Bourgeois, with an eye on trade relations, stressed the importance of continuing to work together. “I...

Bozar, the Brussels Centre for Fine Arts, can now be visited virtually thanks to a collaboration between the venue and the Google Arts & Culture website and app. The platform, based on Google Street View, allows visitors to 'move' through the building using their computer or smartphone. This...

The Belgian federal police has never recorded so few criminal offences as in the first quarter of this year. Overall crime rates have dropped by more than 20% over the last six years, writes De Tijd. The 211,713 criminal offences recorded by the police in the first three months of 2016 constitute a...

The Sea Life shelter in Blankenberge on the Belgian coast this year received already 34 stranded seal pups, an absolute record, reports the amusement park and marine animal sanctuary, writes De Standaard . In addition to the 34 seal pups collected since January, the shelter expects to be brought...

Partygoers stayed up all night in Brussels to watch the results on a big screen - as Donald Trump secured victory over Hillary Clinton to become the 45th president of the United States. After months of polling in Clinton's favour, Trump's win came down to a handful of crucial swing states. "As...

Barely 1.5 years after returning to Belgium, the UK department store Marks & Spencer will again close the doors on its only Belgian shop, located in Brussels' Avenue de la Toison d'Or, the company announced today. Marks & Spencer Belgium employs 126 people. "We are proposing to close all of...

Concerned about the rising number of births by Caesarean section in Belgium, the Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE) yesterday released a report calling for medical professionals to only perform c-sections in the case of emergency. The report shows that c-sections are performed more...

Media platform Bruzz has published a list of the best places to follow the US elections tonight live from Brussels, as the United States gears up to elect their 45th president. The large number of expatriates in the capital promises to make the event especially exciting to follow in a group setting...