The non-profit media group Vlaams-Brusselse Media (Flemish-Brussels Media), specialised in providing Dutch-language news and culture content in Brussels, will henceforth be known as Bruzz, the board of directors decided on Monday. The individual brands FM Brussel, tvbrussel, Brussel Deze Week,...

Amateur taxi app UberPop will stop operating in Brussels on Wednesday evening, after a court ruled that it was breaking the law by putting unlicensed drivers in contact with paying clients. Uber had until next Tuesday, 19 October, to comply with the ban or face a fine of €10,000 each time a driver...

The world's two largest brewers are about to become one, as Anglo-South African brewer SABMiller, the world number two, is being taken over by market leader Anheuser-Busch InBev. The Leuven-based brewery will have to come up with 44 pounds per share in order to buy out its biggest competitor. AB...

Farmers are planning to block traffic around the EU district of Brussels on Thursday, in the latest protest against transatlantic trade talks. Anti-austerity group Alliance D19-20 says 60 European farmers' associations are supporting the demonstration, which will take place between 12.00 and 17.00...

The Belgian government's new tax on soft drinks also applies to diet drinks and even sugar-free drinks, the Belgian media recently brought to light. It was not feasible to differentiate between the different soft drink categories in the short term, argues public health minister Maggie De Block. The...

On Saturday, 7 November, the first edition of the Brussels Canal Run will take place in the city's canal zone, with a choice of three distances: 4, 8 or 12 km. For children under 12, there is a 1 km run. Unlike most other Brussels running competitions, the canal route is completely flat, writes...

The paper Eco Cheques – vouchers to buy green products in Belgium, often provided as part of an employee contract – will soon be replaced by an electronic version. The decision was made by the federal government after e-cards were successfully introduced to replace paper meal vouchers. A similar e-...

At dawn on 12 October 1915, British nurse Edith Cavell - one of the heroines of the first world war - was executed by a 16-man firing squad in German-occupied Brussels. At the national shooting range in Schaerbeek that morning, she was still wearing her uniform from the hospital where she worked as...

From 5 January, 2016, the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces, located in Brussels' Parc Cinquantenaire, will charge an entrance fee of maximum €5, with discounts for certain visitors. The introduction of an admission fee marks the end of a long tradition, as entrance to the Army Museum has been free...

The Belgian federal government has presented the details of its tax shift - a rearrangement of taxation aimed at allowing workers to take home more at the end of the month by shifting the burden of taxation elsewhere. Among the measures is a tax on soft drinks. Between now and 2019, those on lower...