Outgoing Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo confirmed on Tuesday that Belgium had received a formal request from the US to take part in the military operation against Islamic State (IS), namely with the mobilisation of six F-16s. The military operation against IS, to which Belgium is very likely to lend...

Thirteen years after the 9/11 attacks on New York’s Twin Towers, a Belgian victim has been formally identified. The New York medical examiner’s office identified the victim as Patrice Braut, who was 31 at the time, on Tuesday. Braut was able to be identified thanks to new DNA tests carried out on...

Numerous Delhaize outlets around the country are set to shut up shop this Friday in protest at the management’s planned restructuring programme. The decision was adopted by staff after a works council on Monday and confirmed by participating trade unions on Tuesday. Since Delhaize is planning to...

Should this promising Indian summer not be in it for the long haul, Brussels is offering a multifaceted Italian autumn, the highlight of which is an exhibition featuring the finest art from Italy’s city states in the middle ages. Until November, film archive Cinematek is the place to indulge...

Brussels-City council has revealed some of its plans for the central avenues – Anspachlaan and Adolphe Max, including the main squares Fontainas, Bourse and De Brouckère. The latest details are part of a project aimed at making the centre of the city more agreeable for pedestrians, shoppers and...

The unlikely duo of jazz legend Tony Bennett, 88, and pop diva, Lady Gaga, 28, crooned their way through highlights from their new jazz album Cheek to Cheek in a thirty minute show on Brussels’ majestic Grand Place on Monday evening. The concert, which was filmed in front of an audience around 5,...

The City of Brussels has struck off two people who have gone to Syria to fight from the population register. A further 14 individuals suspected of doing the same are also being considered for removal from the register, said the Mayor of Brussels Yvan Mayeur on Monday evening. Questioned in front of...

A tax on high-fat snacks, sweets and sugary drinks would improve overall health and drastically lower health-care costs, according to the results of a study carried out by two Master’s students at Ghent University. “Globesitas” is the specialist term for the continuing world-wide obesity epidemic,...

Each week around 100,000 glass bottles are recycled via bottle banks, container parks and on the curb, many of which were sold with a deposit of €.10 to €.30, reports the newspaper group Sudpresse. The total amount recycled every week amounts to €1 million in deposits. In the larger cities, some...

The European Commission’s Berlaymont headquarters in Brussels were a possible target for jihadist fighters returning from Syria, it was revealed at the weekend as Belgian authorities cracked down in an effort to thwart extremist attacks. Dutch public broadcaster NOS said at least two people among...