MasterCard will soon make it possible to confirm a payment online with a photo instead of a password or PIN-code, reports Knack Data News. The so-called 'selfie pay' system, which has already been in the test phase for a while, is now being rolled out in 12 countries, including Belgium. Purchasing...

Two police officers in the Brussels municipality of Schaerbeek on Wednesday were seriously injured in a knife attack. The agents were the victims of an unprovoked attack by a man with a knife near the intersection of Avenue Britsiers and Boulevard Lambermont. A third agent who rushed to the scene...

False bomb threats in the railway stations of Brussels North and Charleroi South and the Charleroi Airport on Wednesday caused significant disruption to train traffic, writes De Morgen . More than 1,000 trains were delayed for a combined total of 470 hours, announced rail infrastructure manager...

The Brussels Human Robotics Research Center (BruBotics) at the Free University of Brussels (VUB) is sending two athletes to the first Cybathlon Championship, dubbed the ‘Bionic Olympics’, this weekend in Zurich. Participating athletes use the newest robotics technologies to deal with a disability...

Place Jourdan, in Brussels’ European quarter, is getting some new colours courtesy of French artist Guillaume Bottazzi. For the next two months he will be executing a giant abstract painting on the wall of an apartment block at one end of the square. “Place Jourdan is a nice, popular place but we...

While passengers will be able to log on to the free wifi network wifi.brussels in all Brussels metro stations by the end of 2017, wifi access from inside the metro cars is not planned for the immediate future, clarified STIB spokesperson An Van hamme to Bruzz. "The wireless network is available in...

In celebration of International Animal Day, Brussels minister for animal welfare Bianca Debaets has launched a photo contest for local residents and their pets. The Brussels resident with the most original photo starring his or her pet, wins a prize of €200, writes Bruzz. Debaets chose World Animal...

Digital advertising panels alongside streets in Brussels have been installed without any urban planning permission, according to Bianca Debaets, the region’s minister for road safety. Last month the Belgian Institute for Road Safety (IBSR) said the panels, which show ads in rotation, could be...

The European parliament’s chief negotiator, former Belgian prime minister Guy Verhofstadt, has stated that the EU will not enter into any form of negotiations with the British government before the country invokes Article 50, which begins the process of leaving the EU. British prime minister...

Several hundred people gathered at the Schuman roundabout in Brussels on Tuesday evening between 17.00 and 19.00. The demonstrators came together near the European institutions to protest against the bombing of the city of Aleppo in Syria, writes De Morgen. 'Save Aleppo', read one large banner in a...