After just two years operating under its new calendar, the community of French-speaking schools in Belgium is already discussing possible changes to the holiday schedule. The aim would be to ensure that at least one week overlaps with Flanders between January and June, according to education...

A number of Belgian municipalities are dealing with cyber-attacks on their official websites in the run-up to this weekend's elections. Nevertheless, “the electoral process is not under threat,” according to the Centre for Cyber Security Belgium (CCB). A group of pro-Russian hackers is behind the...

The final race is on between Democrat vice-president Kamala Harris and Republican former president Donald Trump as America heads to the ballot box on 5 November. With polls predicting a close finish between the two presidential candidate, the big question is will the US get its first woman...

In 1974, Chinese farmer Yang Zhifa accidentally discovered the first of more than 8,000 terracotta statues belonging to the First Emperor of China’s Terracotta Army. This find, outside Xiyang village in central Shaanxi province, shook up not only his life but the whole archaeological world, as it...

Police officers seized 2,989 packets of imported and untaxed cigarettes in a targeted raid in Schaerbeek on 3 October. The Brussels public prosecutor's office has opened an investigation following the operation carried out by North police zone - Schaerbeek, Evere, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode. The three...

Whether or not you actually love science, you’ll have a blast at the I Love Science Festival , three days that mix innovation with creativity, from technology to nature to space to medicine. Try on an exoskeleton with VUB researchers, create an electric-powered greeting card, whip up some composite...

Walckiers Park in Schaarbeek, which had been closed since 1965, has finally reopened to the public this week, filling a gap in the green belt that circles the Brussels region. “This is the final section of the green walk, the last missing piece of this much-loved promenade for strollers, workers...

Consumer protection agency Test-Achats has lodged a complaint with the Economic Inspectorate against 10 Belgian music festivals that it claims are not complying with regulations. The festivals in question are Couleur Café, Paradise City, Graspop, Rock Werchter, Pukkelpop, Tomorrowland, Ronquières,...

Two cold cases of unidentified women in Belgium, believed to have been the victims of murder, have been added to a Europe-wide project, Operation Identify Me. Identify Me was launched in May 2023 by the Belgian, German and Dutch police, with the support of Interpol, to identify the bodies of...

In just a few days, residents across Belgium will elect their municipal councils. Here in Brussels, more non-Belgians than ever before have signed up to vote . Are you one of them? If you are voting this weekend, you might be wondering exactly how it works. What should you do if you're away? And...