A man has made an appearance in an Edinburgh courtroom after Belgium requested his extradition over his alleged involvement in the drug trade. Raymond Urquhart, 51, was taken into custody Wednesday at his home in Perth, roughly an hour’s drive north of Edinburgh, Scotland. Belgium made the request...

Flex your urban green thumb Spring is in full bloom in Belgium and with it our need to reconnect with nature. For expats living in Belgium’s densely populated cities however, it is not always easy to keep in touch with one’s green side. Don’t let the grass be greener on the other side; instead, let...

Residents of Belgium’s Wallonia region will be offered free service on Walloon’s public transport system Thursday until the end of pollution alert. The move comes as officials try to remove as many cars from the roads while the air pollution levels in Belgium are to exceed safe limits Thursday and...

Toots Thielemans, the Brussels harmonica virtuoso and jazz legend, is retiring from performing at the age of 91, he announced yesterday. Thielemans said he no longer felt he has the strength to last a full concert and, rather than disappoint audiences, has cancelled his remaining concert dates, his...

An increasing number of cannabis farms are popping up all over Belgium, especially along the border with the county’s neighbor to the north, the Netherlands. According to Belgian police along the Dutch border, it’s becoming almost impossible to keep track of the farms or to shut them down. Police...

Paying bills on time is a must for all of us, whether we like it or not. However, new figures show that the Belgian state itself, which should be the example to follow, fails to pay a quarter of its bills on time. In fact, last year Belgium paid more than 75,000 bills after the deadline, which...

Flanders’ transport minister Hilde Crevits has signed an agreement with the Dutch province of Limburg to build a fast tram link between Hasselt, the capital of Flanders’ Limburg province, and Maastricht, the capital of the Netherlands’ Limburg province. The new line, called Spartacus, will run...

There will be shamrocks galore this March 17th St Patrick’s Day is quickly approaching. The unique holiday takes on different forms from city to city , and in Brussels it’s no different. Always adapting to its diverse population, the European capital offers a variety of activities that allow each...

Belgacom, the partly state-owned telecommunications company, will in future be known as Proximus, currently the brand name of its mobile telephony subsidiary, CEO Dominique Leroy has announced. The transformation should be complete by the end of the year, with Proximus encompassing all of Belgacom’...