Belgium celebrates its national day on 21 July with colourful activities around the country. In the capital , the festivities start with the popular evening National Ball on Saturday from 19.00 in Place du Jeu de Balle, which is also the scene of the Resto National ( main image ) and traditional...

Although Mons is famous for being the site of the first and last casualty of World War One, it was also the scene of one of the most enduring supernatural legends to arise from a battlefield. In Les Anges de Mons. Beliefs and Apparitions in 14-18 , the Mons Memorial Museum dedicates a detailed and...

Belgium must stop doling out so many prescriptions for antibiotics, the country’s health insurance body Inami has warned. It says that by 2025, the aim is to decrease antibiotics use by 43%. This measure is essential, as the consequences of antibiotics use are significant. Every year, more than 35,...

Ahead of this summer's Flower Carpet on the Grand-Place in Brussels, the Mini Europe theme park has rolled out a small-scale version. The life-sized red carpet decorates the city in August, but fans of the floral display can enjoy it in miniature in the meantime. “People can already admire in our...

Brussels-based e-bike manufacturer Cowboy is looking for new investors ahead of its next round of financing, anticipated by the end of the year. Co-founder Adrien Roose said the company should turn a profit in 2025 if this latest fundraising round is successful. “Based on the current outlook,...

A bridge recently inaugurated over the E40 motorway near Drongen, near Ghent, has been deemed "too narrow to safely use", with lorries and even some cars unable to pass one another. The bridge cost almost €8 million to build, RTBF reports, and was designed to improve traffic flow. Instead, it is...

Department store chain Inno has plans to open more shops in Belgium following its acquisition by Scandinavian group Axcent and investment company Skel. Inno currently has 16 shops in major cities in Belgium and about 1,000 employees. The purchase price for the acquisition has not been made public...

Some 13 municipalities in the capital are receiving around €1.2 million from the Bikes in Brussels Fund , managed by the King Baudouin Foundation (KBF). The cash injection is financing almost 1,400 new bike parking spaces, with three new cycle routes and two bike workshops to follow, announced the...

Brussels’ own river, hidden, or more precisely buried, from view in 1871, principally because of hygiene reasons, is to be partially uncovered next year, Brussels secretary of state for urban planning, Ans Persoons has announced. Persoons confirmed that the capital’s urban development...

Audi Brussels is at risk of closure following an announcement from management of "intentions to restructure". The Brussels plant employs some 3,000 permanent workers who are now facing job insecurity as production of the Q8 e-tron, the only model made there, is likely to be stopped earlier than...