The new bus service line 86, which tours the traffic loop around the pedestrian zone in the centre of Brussels, has not met with great success so far, according to a report presented this week by the board of directors of the Brussels public transport network (STIB), writes brusselnieuws.be. STIB...

According to the British Institute for Criminal Policy Research, the number of women prisoners around the world has exceeded the 700,000 mark for the first time, or an increase of about 50% compared to 2000. The results show that the number of women prisoners worldwide is increasing faster than the...

The “military vehicles” approved for export by the government of Flanders earlier this year were two mechanical diggers, minister-president Geert Bourgeois has said. Bourgeois was responding to news broken by the opposition party SP.A that the government had approved the sale of military equipment...

With its proximity to downtown Brussels, its access to metro and international rail (Brussels Midi is just a hop, skip and jump away) and its panoply of bars and restaurants, Saint-Gilles has become a popular destination for expats – not to mention tourists and even native Belgians. The Parvis de...

Brussels’ culinary landscape waxes ever more diverse with its growing international population. Whether they’re in search of brand new flavours or simply a nostalgic taste of home, expats are fuelling an astonishing specialisation in the food biz. So it was only a matter of time before the capital...

Christmas- and New Year's Eve are the busiest days for burglars in Belgium. On other days, an average of 200 families are robbed at home, while the number shoots up to 500 per day during the year-end holiday season. That's more than 20 break-ins per hour, reports Het Laatste Nieuws based on figures...

From next summer, the Irish low-cost airline Ryanair will offer a total of 90 destinations from Belgium. Brussels Airport will get three new destinations, and Charleroi Airport two, announced Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary at a press conference in Brussels, writes De Morgen . The 90 routes...

14 Belgian telecom operators are planning extra campaigns in October to promote mobile Internet in an initiative by the Belgian Institute for Postal services and Telecommunications (BIPT) and digital agenda minister Alexander De Croo. Users can expect to enjoy a number of perks in October,...

A plan to build an artificial atoll off the Belgian coast for the production of wind and water energy should be scrapped, according to a proposal from North Sea minister Bart Tommelein that is supported by federal energy minister Marie-Christine Marghem. The atoll was the brainchild of former North...

A political row is brewing over the renaming of one of the docks in the port of Antwerp. The problem surrounds the new lock on the left bank of the Scheldt, one of the latest stages in the port’s expansion. The Deurgangk dock lock is 500m long and 68m wide and has a depth down to -17.8m, making it...