Photographer Natalie and I don surgical scrubs and follow Dr Guy-Bernard Cadière ( see our main interview with him here ) to the main sprawl of Saint-Pierre , to observe the removal of an infected gallbladder. We walk through the emergency entrance just as an ambulance off-loads a knife wound...

A Belgian pioneer of keyhole surgery, Dr Guy-Bernard Cadière has practised minimally invasive procedures in war-torn and developing countries around the world. Besides his work at Saint-Pierre University Hospital and ULB in Brussels, he frequently travels to the Democratic Republic of Congo to work...

The British School of Brussels (BSB) in Tervuren has officially opened its new prestigious sports centre. Jacques Rogge, the former president of the International Olympic Committee, inaugurated the sports centre – which is named after him – last Friday evening. Construction began on the €25 million...

Following prime minister Charles Michel’s State of the Union speech and presentation of the new budget on Sunday, it was the turn of the parliament on Monday to debate the issues. Later on Tuesday comes the traditional vote of confidence, which he is expected to pass easily. The debate started at...

The non-profit organisation Conservamus, which is managing the renovations and restoration of the Royal Conservatory in Brussels, has repeated its call for urgent work to be carried out, this time on the window frames. The group this week hung a banner on one of the facades of the inner courtyard...

The Brussels-Capital Region is working on a new website for parents to find out whether a local nursery is officially approved, writes Bruzz. The initiative comes after several illegal nurseries were discoverd in the capital since the beginning of the year. The website will provide a list of all...

The colleagues of the Brussels man who on Tuesday last week won €168 million in the EuroMillions lottery say the man has not shown up to work in four days. The winner, a street cleaner at Bruxelles-Propreté, stopped coming to work on Wednesday. Whether the father of four will ever return to his job...

The Brussels police on Wednesday last week set up a speed check at the exit of the Louise tunnel, which runs under Place Louise towards Brussels South station. Of the 8,040 vehicles checked, 56% were travelling above the speed limit, writes Het Laatste Nieuws . The police handed out a total of 230...

The federal government announced on Saturday that it had reached agreement on a budget for the rest of 2016 and for 2017, filling a €3 billion hole in the country’s finances with a mix of cuts in spending and tax changes. The agreement allows the government to meet today’s EU deadline. The...

Flemish minister-president Geert Bourgeois has criticised the decision by the Walloon regional government to veto a proposed free trade agreement between the EU and Canada. Bourgeois, who is currently in Japan as part of a trade mission, described the decision as “incomprehensible”. Last week, the...