Belgium’s first student hostel with capsule beds opened this week in Antwerp. The Antwerp Student Hostel (ASH) provides the minimum of accommodation: the cheapest formula is a bed in the form of a capsule, long and wide enough to sleep in ( pictured ). Each capsule is soundproofed and air-...

Yesterday’s police strike was a great success, according to the liberal public service union VSOA Politie. “On average, 55% of police employees are on strike,” said chair Vincent Gilles. “In fact 65 to 75% of police are behind our action, though they cannot show it because they are required to work...

The Brussels collective taxi service Collecto can now be ordered using a smartphone app, mobility minister Pascal Smet has announced. Until now the service has only been available to order by telephone and text message. Collecto is an initiative of the Brussels region’s mobility agency, Brussel...

Outgoing Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo confirmed on Tuesday that Belgium had received a formal request from the US to take part in the military operation against Islamic State (IS), namely with the mobilisation of six F-16s. The military operation against IS, to which Belgium is very likely to lend...

Thirteen years after the 9/11 attacks on New York’s Twin Towers, a Belgian victim has been formally identified. The New York medical examiner’s office identified the victim as Patrice Braut, who was 31 at the time, on Tuesday. Braut was able to be identified thanks to new DNA tests carried out on...

Numerous Delhaize outlets around the country are set to shut up shop this Friday in protest at the management’s planned restructuring programme. The decision was adopted by staff after a works council on Monday and confirmed by participating trade unions on Tuesday. Since Delhaize is planning to...

Should this promising Indian summer not be in it for the long haul, Brussels is offering a multifaceted Italian autumn, the highlight of which is an exhibition featuring the finest art from Italy’s city states in the middle ages. Until November, film archive Cinematek is the place to indulge...

Brussels-City council has revealed some of its plans for the central avenues – Anspachlaan and Adolphe Max, including the main squares Fontainas, Bourse and De Brouckère. The latest details are part of a project aimed at making the centre of the city more agreeable for pedestrians, shoppers and...

The unlikely duo of jazz legend Tony Bennett, 88, and pop diva, Lady Gaga, 28, crooned their way through highlights from their new jazz album Cheek to Cheek in a thirty minute show on Brussels’ majestic Grand Place on Monday evening. The concert, which was filmed in front of an audience around 5,...

The City of Brussels has struck off two people who have gone to Syria to fight from the population register. A further 14 individuals suspected of doing the same are also being considered for removal from the register, said the Mayor of Brussels Yvan Mayeur on Monday evening. Questioned in front of...