John Heldenbergh, who co-wrote the original stage play for Compagnie Cecilia, was nominated as best actor, while Felix van Groeningen was nominated for best director and (with Carl Joos) for best screenplay. Finally, the movie received a best film nomination, a category which ultimately won by...

Police said they were investigating, but so far they have no leads other than blood stains left behind by one of the men when he apparently injured himself on broken glass. No-one in the shop was injured. The Rue de la Pépinière is situated close to the rear of the royal palace in Brussels, where...

A previously proposed line between the airport and Tervuren and another linking Brussels and Ninove have been shelved. The purpose of the new network is to take some of the pressure off of the Ring by extending public transport without the need to change between the city and the periphery. The...

More than 16,000 people were involved on Wednesday in a major action against fare-dodging on the Brussels public transport system, with 800 people caught without a ticket during the eight-hour-long operation. In addition to the fare-dodgers – some 5% of the total – police and inspectors also caught...

Next year will see a new reorganisation of the locum doctor service in Brussels, announced by the Brussels associations of family doctors. At present there are four posts for doctors on call: in Koekelberg near the Basilique, at the Saint-Luc hospital in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, and in Brussels-City...

A Belgian delegation returns home today from a week-long visit to Hong Kong as part of a Belgian trade mission led by Queen Mathilde. Belgium’s three regions have joined forces for the Business of Design Week (BoDW) under the collective name Belgian Spirit. BoDW, which continues until tomorrow, is...

The governor of West Flanders has called off the provincial disaster plan for what is now being called the Sinterklaas storm, which saw record sea levels along the coast last night. Governor Carl Decaluwé lifted the state of emergency at 4.00, after water levels began to descend from their height...

In response to a report on CO2 emissions from the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), a working group of the university’s think-tank Metaforum has presented its action plan “KU Leuven Climate Neutral 2030”. The university in its entirety emitted almost 200,000 tons of CO2 in 2010. The biggest share...

The three runners up for the Christmas signature bake were MCI Sweetie Pies (iced fruitcake in the form of a Christmas gingerbread sleigh complete with lollipop reindeer), Cambre Gourmand (a chestnut cake with buttercream icing and seasonal decorations) and Gateauverit (a deceptively simple but...

The Flemish socialist party wants to turn Brussels’ main thoroughfares into one-way streets to ease the city’s chronic traffic congestion and make it more liveable. Brussels parliament member Jef Van Damme said that radical solutions were needed to tackle traffic congestion in the capital. SP.A’s...