Today, thousands of people in Belgium will once again kick off the annual 40-day Dagen Zonder Vlees (Days Without Meat) challenge. Since 2011, this yearly Flanders-based awareness campaign (DZV) has aimed to get as many people as possible to eat as few animals as they can for 40 days. It’s not...

Pascal Smet, mobility minister of the Brussels-Capital Region, has unveiled a proposal for taxi services that could pave the way for ride-sharing service Uber to operate legally for the first time. Smet’s “taxi plan” has not yet been approved but has already come under fire from the capital’s...

Social media giant Facebook is prepared to discuss changes to its privacy policy in response to concerns expressed by Belgium’s privacy commission, according to Bart Tommelein, secretary of state for privacy issues. Tommelein held a meeting with a number of Facebook representatives yesterday in...

Sophie Vandebroek, 53, was selected as one of the Inspiring Fifty, the only Belgian to make the prestigious shortlist of the 50 most inspiring women in the technology sector, reports De Morgen . Vandebroek, who was born, raised and educated in Leuven, moved to the United States to take on a job as...

Environmental organisation Leefmilieu Brussel is urging residents to do some animal spotting in the capital, and to take photos of the wildlife with their smartphone. The photos can then be easily transferred to the organisation via a mobile app. In this way, the Brussels-Capital Region hopes to...

The Royal Belgian Gymnastics Federation was established 150 years ago, making it the oldest sports federation in Belgium. The Federation is celebrating the milestone with special events throughout the year, reports Het Nieuwsblad . The association has nearly 130,000 members active in artistic or...

A delegation of seven MPs visited the Gaza strip on a fact-finding mission this week. The delegation was made up of five Flemish MPs from the federal parliament and three from the Flemish parliament, representing all Flanders’ political parties, apart from the far-right Vlaams Belang. The Gaza...

Brussels public transport authority MIVB is increasing the frequency of buses on 40 lines beginning on 23 February. The changes come to peak and off-peak services as well as weekends. During peak hours, there will be more frequent service on lines 20, 28, 34 and 78. In off-peak hours the changes...

In 10 years' time, there will be no more plots of land left for housing development in Flanders, requiring new - and even existing - houses to become smaller, taller and more expensive, reports Het Nieuwsblad . This trend has already started, according to the newspaper, with homes shrinking by...

Former Belgian cyclist Claude Criquielion, world champion and winner of multiple classics, has died at the age of 58. Criquielion had been in a coma since suffering a stroke and brain haemorrhage on Sunday night and passed away on Monday morning. Criquielion, known as ‘Le Crique’, won the Barcelona...