Tuesday’s storms prompted 300 call-outs for the Brussels fire brigade and caused the death of a five-month-old infant. The infant was killed when a tree branch fell on a pram in a park in Uccle. The park was due to close at 17.00 and the mother taking her infant for a walk at 16.00 was caught...

Air quality in Brussels has markedly improved over the past 10 years, according to a new report from Brussels Environment, but work remains to be done in order to adequately protect the health of residents in the capital. “Current air quality in the Brussels region and its clear improvement over...

Belgium’s finance ministry is launching a campaign to bring "dormant" coins back into circulation. The campaign calls on people to dig out their old change and put it to use, estimating that €1.5 billion is “sleeping” in pockets, drawers or under the sofa cushions. Under the hashtag "...

Sales assistants at a shopping centre in Liège are being taken to court by management for closing at 20.00 and refusing to work an hour later until 21.00 on Fridays. A labour dispute between the workers and management at Médiacité has been raging for more than a year. Unions cite labour...

Brussels public transport operator Stib is raising fares by 6.9%, rounded up or down on a case-by-case basis, from September to account for inflation. A ticket for one journey will cost €2.20 instead of the current €2.10. A ticket for a journey to the airport will cost €8 instead of €7.50 and a...

Anyone travelling by train between Belgium and France or the UK in the second part of August will see their journey times extended by about half an hour, Belgium’s train operator SNCB, rail network infrastructure operator Infrabel and international railway company Eurostar have announced. The...

Belgium’s three federations of transport and logistics companies have lodged an appeal with Belgium’s constitutional court against a new law aimed at improving the working conditions of parcel delivery workers - potentially including meal delivery drivers. The Parcels Act was due to come into force...

Brussels is not as “liveable” in 2024 as it was last year, according to British magazine The Economist’s ranking of the world’s most liveable cities. The Belgian capital dropped five places, from 30th to 35th, out of 173 in the Economist’s global liveability index 2024. It also came seventh in the...

Complaints from residents in all of Brussels' communes have multiplied regarding the way in which fibre-optic broadband is being installed along the facades of homeowners' properties. Fibre-optic broadband – promising faster internet speeds and better access for all residents – has been installed...

A new association has created a website to provide support for thousands of people in Belgium suffering from long Covid. Long Covid refers to chronic Covid or post-Covid-19 syndrome, a multi-systemic disease, and biologist Martin Spanoghe spearheads the association’s mission in Belgium. “We, the...