A 43-member team from B-Fast, Belgium’s rapid reaction first aid and support unit, left Melsbroek military airport yesterday for Nepal, as the death toll from the earthquake there on Saturday exceeded 3,300. B-Fast is one of the world’s most experienced rapid response teams, having taken part in...

Australia’s minister for foreign affairs, Julie Bishop, was in West Flanders at the weekend to mark Anzac Day. The date is marked every year to commemorate the start of the Gallipoli campaign, which began on 25 April, 1915 and lasted until 9 January, 1916, with the loss of more than 56,000 Allied...

The City of Brussels wants to include Brussels’ two artisanal brewers, Cantillon and Brasserie de la Senne, in its plans for the upcoming Belgian Beer Palace (BBP), reports brusselnieuws.be. Earlier reports suggested that the two breweries would be left out of the project. However, representatives...

Brussels resident Bernard Lambrechts ( pictured ) was voted Moestasj van ’t Joer, reports brusselnieuws.be. The prize is handed out every year by the Order of the Brussels Moustache, a folkloric association of locals with a penchant for growing extraordinary moustaches. The election took place...

Flemish public transport company De Lijn will in 2018 launch a pilot project with a self-driving bus that rides in a loop around Brussels Airport, reports De Standaard. Mobility minister Ben Weyts has long been a proponent of testing out self-propelled vehicles, he told the newspaper. The project...

During a specially convened summit yesterday in Brussels, Belgium’s prime minister Charles Michel ( pictured ) presented a plan to address the problem of asylum-seekers and refugees who lose their lives every year while trying to enter Europe. The plan includes the provision of additional shelter...

About 1,000 people took to the streets of Brussels on Thursday carrying coffins in a mock funeral procession to mourn the deaths of thousands of migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea. The organisers of the march, which started at Place de la Liberté and ended in Brussels’ Schuman...

Ilke Froyen, a programme director at Brussels literature house Passa Porta, has been unanimously selected by the board to be the new general director of the organisation. She replaces Sigrid Bousset, who led Passa Porta from 2008 until last year. Since its launch in 2004, Froyen ( pictured, right...

During the event Wetenschaps­EXPOSciences, taking place today and tomorrow, about 860 youngsters will present their science projects to a broad public at Tour & Taxis in Brussels. The event is organised by the Free University of Brussels (VUB) in collaboration with the organisation Jeunesses...

The annual festival Balkan Trafik! promotes the frequently overlooked culture of southeast Europe at Bozar this weekend. Broadening its horizons, the ninth edition offers a rich programme of concerts, dance, talks, workshops and films from an increased spread of countries, including Poland and...