About 10 activists from the ‘Doe Deurne Dicht’ collective blocked the entrance to the private jet terminal at Antwerp airport on Saturday to protest against the impact of private jets on the climate. The blockade was part of a week of actions against private aviation, also taking place in the...

Motorists are warned of further disruption to traffic on the Brussels ring from 5 August when the Flemish Roads and Traffic Agency (AWV) begins a new stage in ongoing work to Leonard tunnel. The entrance of the tunnel on the outside of the ring in the direction of Zaventem will be restricted to one...

More and more shop owners are demanding compensation from shoplifters caught in the act, even before contacting the police, according to a new survey carried out by Buurtsuper.be, part of the union of some 85,000 independent entrepreneurs (Unizo) based in Flanders and Brussels. The organisation...

Belgium's Council of State has ruled that Brussels’ Foire du Midi funfair is not exempt from noise regulations and that mayors cannot introduce an exemption. Brussels mayor Philippe Close (PS) granted an exception to noise standards last year, keeping the limit at 85 decibels but adjusting the...

A nationwide anti-terrorism police operation involved 14 house searches across the country on Thursday and resulted in seven arrests, according to the federal public prosecutor's office. Searches were carried out in Antwerp, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Seraing, Menen, Leopoldsburg, Liège, Kortrijk, Gent...

Some 3.3 million illegal cigarettes have been discovered in a Hasselt warehouse during a local police operation, reports RTBF. Four people were arrested during the operation, said the Limburg police force, who made the discovery while checking a suspicious vehicle near a warehouse belonging to a...

Brussels' Labour Court has dismissed a legal claim brought by the Centre d'action Laïque regarding the wearing of religious symbols by staff of the city's public transport operator Stib, upholding a previous ruling that ordered Stib to amend its neutrality policy to be more inclusive. The dismissal...

Brussels bars have cut back their hours since the pandemic, largely due to increased wage costs as a result of inflation and indexation and stricter noise standards. “Since the pandemic, we’ve started closing a bit earlier because it often makes little sense to stay open very late,” Leentje...

The summer sales seem like to end on a mixed note, according to the Union des Classes Moyennes (UCM), which represents small business owners. While the result is slightly better than in 2023, the gloomy weather and consumers' reduced interest in this period of discounts have dampened sales, the...

The number of road traffic offences recorded in Belgium rose to over eight million in 2023, mainly due to speeding, according to new federal and local police statistics. The record has been systematically beaten year after year, RTBF reports, except in 2020 when the pandemic and associated...