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...

A non-profit organisation in Mechelen has started a collection to establish a primary school for Muslim children. It would be the fourth such school in Belgium and would welcome both Muslim and non-Muslim students, reported Gazet van Antwerpen . According to the paper, about 12,000 Muslims live in...

The professional cyclists depart from Bornem, Antwerp province, today for the start of the 85th edition of the Baloise Belgium Tour. The stage race begins with a prologue for the first time since 2011, a route of 6.85 km with six turns through the streets of Bornem. Belgian cyclist Olivier Pardini...

After Suske and Wiske, Nero, Spirou and Tintin, Jommeke now has its own wall in Brussels. The mural is illustrated by Sarina Ahmad, the granddaughter of Jommeke creator Jef Nys, De Morgen reports. There are currently 50 comic strip murals in and around Brussels, but this is the first one dedicated...

Brussels´ French- and Dutch-language theatre companies, KVS and Théâtre National this week announced a joint programme for 2015-2016. Add to that a healthy crop of independent venues across the city, and there´s choice a-plenty for the most avid theatre-goer. In French. And, to a lesser extent,...

Telecom giant Skype has denied access to suspects’ calls in a Belgian police investigation, and is therefore being brought to court next month, reports De Standaard on Tuesday. Skype, owned by Microsoft, refused to tap calls for the purpose of an investigation into suspected criminals of Armenian...

There are currently no planes able to land or take off in Belgium due to a power outage at air traffic control centre Belgocontrol. The cause of the failure is still unknown. Air traffic management organisation Eurocontrol announced via Twitter that there will be no air traffic in or out of Belgium...

The national rail authority SNCB has warned of severe disruption to services as a result of a strike by train drivers due to begin tonight at 22.00 and continue all day and evening tomorrow. “SNCB advises its clients to take the necessary precautions and to keep up to date during the action with...