Belgium’s asylum registration centre is being forced to relocate from Boulevard Pacheco, near Botanique, to the capital’s near-motorway, Rue Belliard in the EU district, for 18 months. The move has been much criticised by the non-profit organisation that supports refugees, Vriendschap Zonder...

Batopin, the partnership of Belgium’s four big banks – BNP Paribas Fortis, KBC, ING Belgium and Belfius – is having difficulty finding 106 cash machine spots by the end of 2025. Although more than 80 have been found, sites in busy locations such as Place Flagey in Ixelles are sadly lacking. Batopin...

The Walloon region has accidentally completed renovation works estimated at €52,000 on the wrong bridge in Charleroi. The Brussels-Charleroi canal has two nearly identical-looking bridges spanning it, and Argea, the construction company tasked with renovating just one of them, got them mixed up...

Unions for the health and welfare sector expect more than 10,000 people to participate in a demonstration in Brussels on Thursday. The unions behind the demonstration represent workers in the care, social assistance, childcare, disability, socio-cultural and education sectors. Workers are demanding...

Following a seven-month delay due to a technical hitch, cyclists and pedestrians can finally cross the Ring at the busy Tervuren via a new 70-metre wooden bridge from 7 November. The striking enclosed structure was due to open to the public in the spring, but a weight problem hampered its...

Brussels-Midi police zone has called in federal reinforcements in response to increasing drug violence in the area around Midi station. This reserve unit, which is normally only deployed in national disasters and urgent security crises, has been active in the Anderlecht, Saint-Gilles and Forest...

Interpreters in Belgian courts have not been paid by the justice ministry for months, according to the Professional Union of Sworn Translators and Interpreters (UPTIJ). A spontaneous protest action by a dozen interpreters took place at the Encro trial - one of the biggest-ever drug trafficking...

Rise For Climate Belgium is organising a climate rally in Brussels on Sunday on the eve of the COP29 climate conference in Azerbaijan, marching in memory of the rising number of victims of recent severe weather in Spain. At least 100 people have been killed in sudden floods in Spain due to heavy...

Short-term renters in Brussels will see a range of benefits from a new ordinance that came into effect on 1 November, including protection from rising rents, greater protections against negligent landlords and the right to have pets. Among the biggest changes is that landlords in Brussels who rent...