Since the beginning of the controls in the Brussels-Capital Region, 69 cars of the illegal taxi service Uber have been confiscated, 48 of which were confiscated this year, according to figures requested by brusselnieuws.be. In total, 69 vehicles have been seized, according to mobility minister...

Flemish mobility minister for Ben Weyts (N-VA) has found a solution to the problem with Belgium's personalised number plates, which were not recognised by speed cameras due to a technical glitch. The problem allowed motorists with personalised plates to dodge speeding tickets for months. In May it...

Internet search giant Google yesterday honoured one of its own most important precursors, with a “Google Doodle” on its Belgian homepage honouring the Mundaneum, the work of two Belgian scientists now considered among the fathers of information technology. The Mundaneum, located in Mons, was...

More than 200 animal species are using the De Warande ecoduct in Bierbeek, Flemish Brabant, which at 10 years old is the oldest of Flanders’ six ecoducts. An ecoduct is a wildlife crossing in the form of a viaduct in which the upper layer is reserved to let animals cross a road safely. The De...

For many years, growing numbers of people have had occasion to move house to a foreign country, or from one foreign country to another. Whether they are students, company managers or migrants of another sort, there's a lot of preparation required before the move. Within the European Union it is...

City workers are gathering in Place Léopold Wiener, Watermael-Boitsfort this evening (Friday) for the latest serving of Les Apéros Urbains . The afterwork event is every Friday until 21 September, from 17.00 to midnight. Outdoor fun continues on Sunday with a new music concept by Play Label and...

This weekend, several petrol stations in Belgium plan to offer diesel for a symbolic €1 a litre amid slumping global oil prices. “Lower gas prices is a result of oversupply,” Jean-Louis Nizet, secretary-general of the Belgian Petroleum Foundation, told broadcaster RTBF. “There’s a surplus of petrol...

Fedasil, the federal agency for the support of asylum-seekers, is hiring 130 new staff “as quickly as possible” to help cope with the stream of new asylum-seekers, a spokesperson said. The announcement came on the day staff at the agency staged a protest against staff shortages. “Staff at Fedasil...

Things are looking better for the hop growers of Belgium, according to the organisation that represents the industry. Not only does this year’s harvest promise to be bountiful, but the growers’ strategy of switching to aroma hops is also paying dividends. “The switch is paying off,” said Erik...

Six Belgian municipalities – Hasselt, Comines-Warneton, Jette, Liège, Marche-en-Famenne and Mouscron – have joined a European intiative to fight obesity among young people. All plan to launch actions specifically targeting adolescents from poorer socio-economic circumstances as part of the Obesity...