About 38,000 bicycles are stolen in Belgium every year, according to figures from the ministry for the interior. In addition, police and local authorities collect thousands of abandoned bicycles annually. Some bikes are returned to the owner immediately, especially those with the owner’s national...

In the theatre or open-air, in summer theatre abounds in Belgium. From classic theatre pieces to experimental performance arts, here’s a guide for the best of what’s on the Belgian stage this summer. Kunstenfestivaldesarts Make haste! You only have three days left to catch one of Belgium’s best...

When negotiators from the US arrive in July for the latest round of talks with the EU on the creation of a new free trade agreement between the two economic blocs, they will be arriving in a European capital that is largely opposed to the deal. This week the municipal council of Schaerbeek agreed...

The Belgian Travel Organisation (BTO), the federation for tour operators, has said it is investigating the possibility of a damages claim against air Belgocontrol. The air traffic control authority was responsible for the power outage at Brussels Airport earlier this week that left thousands of...

More than half of Belgians (56%) feel less safe at night than in 2010, while 40% feel the same level of safety as five years ago. That’s according to a survey of 2,800 Belgians by Test-Achats carried out between November 2014 and January 2015, reports De Morgen based on the results published in TA-...

By 2030, more than half of the residents of Belgium’s coastal municipalities will be older than 56, more than 8% more than at present, according to research commissioned by the Province of West Flanders. Nearly 43% of the coastal population is 56 years or older, and more than a quarter of them are...

Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, just outside the Brussels-Capital region, in December will become the first municipality in Belgium to get a 3D service window to serve as a remote police station. Residents in the Sint-Pieters-Leeuw village of Zuun will be able to talk to a real police agent via a 3D screen...

Sandwiched between the grand and prolific literary traditions of France, Germany and the UK, Belgium’s own substantial literary contributions often get dwarfed. With so much coming out of the other countries, little of Belgium’s literature gets widely translated or marketed on the international...

More than 20,000 people have signed up to join a class-action lawsuit brought by Belgium’s consumer organisation Test-Achats against the rail authority SNCB. The action is the first of its kind in the country since the law was changed last year to allow class-action suits. Test-Achats’s suit...

An estimated 500 people spent last night at Brussels Airport, reports brusselnieuws.be. The travellers became stranded after yesterday’s power failure at air traffic controller Belgocontrol. The blackout, which was caused by an overload to the network during a test of the emergency generators, is...