Kirsten Flipkens and Yanina Wickmayer only made it to the second round of the French Open in Roland Garros, Paris, before both being knocked out yesterday. Flipkens, ranked 22nd in the world, surprisingly succumbed 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to Israel’s Julia Glushko, who is currently ranked only 98. Flipkens...

The Council of State yesterday overturned the environmental permit granted to the controversial shopping and leisure centre Uplace, planned for construction in Machelen near Brussels, close to the Vilvoorde viaduct. It argued that the principle of impartiality had been breached. Flemish environment...

A 19-year-old man was stabbed to death on Bruges’s main square around 5.00 on Friday morning. Police are searching for two suspects in the case. The crime was picked up by a tourist webcam that streams live images of the square over the internet. The victim was immediately transferred to hospital,...

What do you do? I work at the chocolate factory of Barry Callebaut in Lebbeke-Wieze (Dendermonde) as an electro-mechanic in the maintenance department. I’m in charge of the preventative upkeep of machines in the chocolate coating section of the production line. For the moment I switch between...

The Socialist Party (PS) started the consultation process today for the formation of a new Brussels government, with Belgium’s vice-prime minister Laurette Onkelinx leading the talks. Normally, the PS would not start negotiations until Monday, but the party suddenly decided to get a head-start on...

Car manufacturer Audi has plans to pump half a million euros into its plant in Forest, Brussels, over the next five years, the new CEO Patrick Danau told De Morgen and Het Laatste Nieuws. Audi Brussels will invest in two new models, one to replace the current Audi A1, and possibly a new SUV Q3,...

The Bulletin’s arts contributor Georgio ‘The Dove’ Valentino is flying off on a two-month promotional tour of his double LP Mille Plateaux. Before he soars, meet the singer songwriter and listen to his latest album tomorrow evening (May 29) at Brasserie Verschueren, Parvis de Saint-Gilles at 17.00...

The man who killed three people in a shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels at the weekend may have been operating on behalf of a foreign intelligence service, Israel’s top newspapers has claimed. However, the selection of the couple Emmanuel and Miriam Riva was a mistake, Haaretz reports...

King Philippe has appointed N-VA party president Bart De Wever as informateur , whose task it is to lead the formation of the new federal government. As leader of the largest party in the House, De Wever will now meet with multiple parties to negotiate Belgium’s next coalition government as quickly...