In 2024, there were disputes over some 1,055 night flights at Brussels Airport, the airport’s federal ombudsman Philippe Touwaide has announced, presenting the ombudsman’s annual report. The figures showing flights operated with no time slot come from the Belgium Slot Coordination. This service...

Belgium's famous carnivals and folklore festivities are coming under increased scrutiny for being exclusively male-dominated. The carnival season starts in earnest with the flagship Binche and Malmedy carnivals the Sunday before Shrove Tuesday and continue to a plethora of events for La Laetere,...

Car-sharing company Poppy has adjusted the zones where its car-sharing vehicles are allowed to be parked, removing them from industrial and residential areas where it said there was little demand. “We want to guarantee the proximity of our cars,” said Pierre de Schaetzen, Poppy's chief marketing...

The beginning of the year has been marked by a decrease in the number of American travellers visiting Europe, and Brussels in particular, according to data provided by Visit.brussels. Data shows that arrivals from the United States to the Belgian capital fell by 11% in January and then by 17% in...

Brussels Airlines’ new Belgian icon ‘Atomium’ aircraft took off for Prague from Brussels Airport on Thursday following a special ceremony to mark its debut. The Airbus 320 (OO-SNM) dedicated to the Brussels landmark joins the airline’s fleet of Belgian Icons that celebrate the nation’s “spirit of...

Discover work of the world’s first female film-maker Alice Guy (1873-1968, France) at the new Jules Verne cultural centre in Forest. This opening exhibition comes complete with one- and two-minute short films. Making over 600 films, from burlesque to political, including The results of feminism and...

Belgium's four biggest retail banks have pledged to install more than 300 new cash dispensers around the country by 2027, particularly in big cities including Liège, Brussels and Antwerp. The action comes following studies that show many Belgian residents do not have easy access to cash – a form of...

Molenbeek residents have planted trees and bushes on a construction site by the canal in protest against the construction of a large apartment block. The residents formed a small, anonymous action group to coordinate the protest planting, Bruzz reports. The construction site is located along the...

Fémïya, a non-profit organisation representing the African diaspora, is ending its collaboration with the Africa Museum in Tervuren. The group organised guided decolonisation walks at the museum from a feminist, ecological and anti-racist perspective, Bruzz reports, but has now decided to stop. “We...