Flemish culture minister Sven Gatz is to free up €12 million for renovation works to the castle in Gaasbeek, located just outside of Brussels, reports brusselnieuws.be. The entire 50-hectare site around the castle will undergo a makeover, including various buildings and pavilions dating from the...

What kind of meal would it take to get you out of Brussels? A culinary voyage of adventure, daring and delight at one of Belgium’s newest, most cutting-edge restaurants? Perhaps the chance to sit down to a tasting menu at Peter Goossen’s famous three-star Hof van Cleve , which is regularly listed...

December 6 is quickly approaching. For those who have been in Belgium a while, you know what that means: present wish lists being perfected, a bright gleam of expectation in children’s eyes, and news media erupting with cries of racism, outrage and intolerance. This is the holiday of Sinterklaas,...

Federal home affairs minister Jan Jambon (N-VA) has announced plans to confiscate passports from Belgians who join rebel forces fighting in Syria, taking away their Belgian nationalities. Jambon also wants to draw up a list of radicalised Jihadist fighters wanted by national and international...

Belgium is the guest of honour at this year’s Christmas market in Strasbourg, which starts on Friday. The Strasbourg Christmas market, one of the largest and oldest in France (dating back to 1570), attracts about 2 million visitors each year. The massive market features nearly 300 chalets spread...

Belfius Bank has expanded its range of mobile banking apps with Belfius Direct Wear, a new app for Android smartwatches, computerized wristwatches that can relay information from smartphones. As many as 12,000 smartwatches were sold in Belgium in the first nine months of 2014, according to market...

The Antwerp company neoScores has been chosen as the second-most promising start-up in the world by the jury of the prestigious Start-up Nations Summit, which took place this week in Seoul. The jury included high-profile representatives of technology giants such as Samsung, Huawei and Foxconn. The...

The Belgian chip shop culture is on its way to being recognised by Unesco. The three language communities in Belgium have submitted a joint application to the United Nations heritage organisation to have the long-standing Belgian tradition of eating at the chip shop recognised as world heritage...

The City of Brussels will not be organising its traditional New Year's Eve fireworks this year at Mont des Arts/Kunstberg, writes brusselnieuws.be based on a report from RTBF and confirmed by the City Council. The fireworks will be replaced by an alternative pyrotechnic show at De Brouckère. The...

The Flemish Parliament has a higher percentage of female MPs than any other regional or federal parliament in Europe, according to a report commissioned by parliament speaker Jan Peumans. The report shows that 44.4% of members of Flanders’ parliament are women, which puts the region’s assembly just...