A newly redesigned Schuman roundabout in Brussels' EU district will not get the grand canopy that was the focal point in the winning design, as the massive renovation project struggles to move forward amid a lack of Brussels government and budget woes. Builder Beliris had asked Brussels' caretaker...

The Joseph Cuvelier Depot, one of the most visited buildings in Belgium's National Archives, has been inaccessible since mid-July because of a broken lift. But this broken lift is just one symptom of a much larger problem, Bruzz reports, as the building in its entirety is in a state of disrepair...

Belgian police have lost control of several dozen GPS trackers that were being used in criminal investigations. The equipment, which is old, was purchased at a low price from a Chinese manufacturer, RTBF reports. Connections have become lost or unstable in the last two weeks but federal police...

Last year, 482 children were victims of road accidents in Brussels, the capital’s transport agency Brussels Mobility has revealed, as the start of the new school year gets under way. Mobility minister Elke Van den Brandt (Groen) said that the figure was less than in previous years. There were 543...

Schaerbeek residents and associations are now able to comment on plans for the huge Josaphat brownfield site in a public inquiry until 23 September. The public inquiry it will include an information meeting attended by its developer, the Société d’Aménagement Urbain (SAU), a model of the project...

Cases of STEC (Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia Coli) bacterial infections have been cropping up in nursing homes in Flanders and now Brussels and Wallonia, with five deaths reported so far. There have been 21 cases discovered so far in Flanders, two in Wallonia and one in Brussels (in Jette)...

Activists from Flanders' Language Action Committee (TAK) have locked shut the gates of several schools in the Brussels periphery with bicycle locks as part of a protest against French-speaking schools being subsidised by Flemish taxpayers. The schools concerned are primary schools in Kraainem,...

Award-winning comedian Marcel Lucont returns to Brussels with not one but two shows at Bouche-à-Oreille on 21 September. Lucont is UK comedian Alexis Dubus’ Frenchman alter ego and a favourite on the international comedy and cabaret circuit. He first takes to the stage in the Belgian capital with...

Brussels’ iconic movie museum, Cinematek - a treat for people wanting to watch old films - has had to “exceptionally” cancel some film screenings due to illness and holidays and is training a new projectionist to rectify this shortage. Several scheduled screenings have not taken place in August. “...

From the middle of November, a new night bus service will run from Brussels to the Swiss cities of Basel and Zurich. The Swiss Twiliner company is positioning itself very much as an alternative to night trains, rather than to low-cost, student-friendly coach operator Flixbus. This is “the new way...