Some 15,000 will gather at the Tour & Taxis complex in Brussels this Sunday for what is billed as the happiest race on the planet: the 5km Color Run. It’s taking place for the third time in the capital, promising to transform the jogging crowds into a moving, kaleidoscopic splatter-art piece...

More than 200,000 people visited the Brussels Atomium this summer. It is only the third time since the monument's reopening in 2006, that it exceeds the milestone of 200,000 visitors, reported the Atomium on Thursday in a press release. In the months of June, July and August this year, 201,280...

There’s a light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak: Works on the Schuman metro and railway station in Brussels, as well as the new Schuman-Josaphat tunnel under the European quarter are due to be complete in December, after nearly eight years of chaos for transport users, traffic and local...

More than 1,000 farmers are expected to arrive in Brussels by tractor on Monday to take part in a protest against low milk prices, according to the European Milk Board (EMB). The demonstration coincides with an emergency meeting of EU agriculture ministers and is expected to attract 5,000 farmers...

Brussels mobility minister Pascal Smet is investigating whether UberX satisfies the city's legislation around ride-hailing services. Uber launched the new 'high-end' taxi service on Thursday with 20 drivers, despite its original service being banned in the capital. While many passengers find Uber...

From 2016, Belgian railway company SNCB wants to make it easier for people with reduced mobility to request personal assistance in the major stations. Under the current system, rail passengers with a disability are required to book 24 hours in advance, but the rail operator is investigating the...

Even the most distracted tourist or jaded commuter will have noticed that there’s art on the Brussels metro. But just how much there is – 82 works in 58 stations – may come as a surprise. Most of the artists are Belgian, by birth or long residence, making the metro a fascinating, idiosyncratic and...

In addition to a replica of the Eiffel Tower and the Sphinx of Giza, visitors to Las Vegas can now also admire a replica of Manneken Pis, Brussels' famous statue of a peeing boy. A much larger version of the original bronze statue was unveiled on Tuesday in the American gambling city. It is the...

The NGO Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen (VWV), which works on behalf of asylum-seekers in Flanders, has filed a legal complaint with the European Commission against federal secretary of state for migration and asylum Theo Francken. The complaint follows Francken’s announcement that the number of...

The European Council of Relgious leaders (ECRL) this week announced that the ritual slaughter of sheep in Belgium during the Islamic Feast of Sacrifice at the end of September will not be required. Flemish minister for animal welfare Ben Weyts is satisfied with the decision, reports De Standaard...