The Hippodrome of Boitsfort is set for a new lease of life, after 15 years of abandon, concession holders VO Group said. The Hippodrome was a popular racecourse from 1875, the only one in the Brussels region and another of the innovations of Leopold II, a fan of horse-racing. However like its...

SamuSocial, the Brussels service for the homeless, has started turning away families looking for accommodation, arguing that the additional capacity laid on for the winter period has been fully taken up by former squatters from the Gesú convent. SamuSocial has space for 450 people, but only a...

Johan Leeman, 45, from Leuven, talks about what he earns and how he spends it What is your job? I keep a bed & breakfast, De Waterlies in the Redingenstraat in Leuven. I'd always dreamed of having a B&B. Five years ago I came across this modern Art Deco house from 1935, and I was sold. Two...

The Irish low-cost airline Ryanair is planning business flights out of Brussels Airport in Zaventem, the company said. At present Ryanair flies only out of Charleroi – renamed “Brussels South” for marketing reasons. Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary was due to give a press conference today to shed...

Flanders ranks third in the world for the quality of its maths teaching in primary and secondary schools, according to a new study released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The region is close on the heels behind leaders Japan and Finland and ahead of neighbours...

Traffic in Brussels was severely disrupted yesterday as 250 taxi drivers blocked roads in protest at the introduction of a digital taximeter imposed by the Brussels-Capital Region. The main action took place on the inner ring road, where protesters blocked both streets and tunnels. Some 150 taxis...

A Belgian trade delegation led by Princess Astrid ( pictured ) is in India this week, with scheduled visits to the capital New Delhi and the economic capital Mumbai. The main focus will be on trade links, but Flemish Minister-President Kris Peeters will also take the opportunity to talk to...

The retail company Louis Delhaize ( pictured, store in Keerbergen ) will this week open its first drive-in supermarket in the Sterrebeekstraat in Zaventem. Customers of the new Wink supermarket will order their shopping online in advance from a range of 10,000 products – the average supermarket...

Brussels secretary of state for equal opportunities Bruno De Lille yesterday gave away 30,000 white-ribbon badges to Brussels region civil servants to mark International Day against Violence against Women. “This is a day which by rights should no longer exist,” De Lille said. “Not a single woman...