EU Institutions hold an open-house this Saturday May 17th, 2014 The EU’s Open Doors Day this Saturday kills two birds with one stone. Conveniently scheduled two weeks in advance of the European Parliament elections on 25 May, the annual open-house event is at once an opportunity for the EU’s...

The Belgian Air Transport Association (Bata) has filed a complaint with the commercial tribunal of Brussels against Ryanair, alleging unfair competition. Bata represents Brussels Airlines (BA), Jetairfly and Thomas Cook Belgium. Ryanair’s Belgian hub is Charleroi Airport, but since February, the...

Belgium is, after the UK, the European country where the rights of gays and lesbians are most respected, according to a report from ILGA-Europe, the organisation that represents lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans- and intersex people at the European level. "The political will to combat homophobia and...

In Mechelen yesterday, bus manufacturer Van Hool unveiled its first hydrogen-fuelled bus, the first of its kind in Belgium to be put into regular use. The first five models of the bus will be operated by De Lijn in Antwerp province. De Lijn paid €6.5 million for the fleet of five fuel cell buses,...

The number of fatal accidents involving pedestrians in Flanders has increased 4% in the past five years, writes De Standaard according to a report from the Belgian Institute for Road Safety (BIVV) and the Centre of expertise in Traffic Safety. “The number of road fatalities in Flanders has dropped...

Flanders’ minister president Kris Peeters was in Mechelen yesterday to welcome the four millionth visitor to Technopolis , the popular hands-on science centre. Some 700 local school students attended the ceremony and took part in a science quiz. Peeters also took a test drive on the first fuel-cell...

Questions, questions and more questions... Whether you're an expat having just arrived in Brussels or have been here a while and just never got around to getting officially settled in, your mind’s probably flooded with questions: how do I register at the commune? Can I work? Do I need to exchange...

The European Commission has announced funding of €200 million over the next six years for the canal zone in central Brussels – twice as much as the area received in the previous six years. The money is for Regional Development Fund investments in sustainable construction, waste management, food,...

The federal government has sent two experts from the B-Fast emergency help response team to Nigeria, to determine how to help the families of the 223 girls abducted by the armed Islamist group Boko Haram last month. “The team has the full backing of the Nigerian government,” federal minister of...