A driver for the Brussels public transport operator Stib has lost his job for skipping stops and broadcasting a pro-Palestine message to passengers on the train's public address system. The driver refused to service a station before broadcasting a message in support of Palestine just a few days...

After a reconciliation meeting between SNCB and unions failed to yield results, a double rail strike - next month and again in December - seems inevitable. The strike notice indicates two 48-hour strikes - one on Tuesday 7 November from 22.00 to Thursday 9 November 22.00 and the second from Tuesday...

A total of 13 Belgian restaurants have been named in the annual top 100 vegetable restaurants worldwide by We're Smart® World . An impressive 4th place was awarded to Vrijmoed in Ghent ( pictured ). The two Michelin star restaurant in the centre of the Flemish city is helmed by Michaël Vrijmoed and...

Flanders is financing what will be the longest cyclist bridge in Belgium on the Brussels periphery at Boulevard Leopold III, close to the Nato and Eurocontrol headquarters. The 700-metre bridge will also be accessible to pedestrians, Bruzz reports, allowing people to cross the avenue between...

From 30 March 2024, United Airlines will connect Brussels and New York (Newark) twice a day, the airline has announced. The American airline currently offers a daily service between the Belgian capital and New York. Passengers from Brussels Airport can also reach New York (JFK) via Brussels...

The changeover to winter time takes place this year on the night of Saturday 28 October to Sunday 29 October. Clocks will be set back one hour at 3.00. While some will celebrate the extra hour of sleep, many will feel a sense of trepidation at the darkening evenings and approach of winter. The time...

Get your Latino Halloween vibe on in the Marolles with Día de Muertos providing grinning skulls, colourful costumes, parades, jam sessions and Mexican hot chocolate. Keep an eye out for Mexico’s legendary late art talent Frida Kahlo who makes ‘an appearance’ in the colourful celebrations. There’s...

The itinerant exhibition In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine 1900-1930s boasts a dual mission. While safeguarding a lost treasure trove of avant-garde work, it showcases a generation of talented artists who significantly contributed to early 20th-century art. Showing at the Royal Museum...

As the social conflict between supermarket chain Delhaize and its workers drags on, unions are criticising the company’s refusal to provide full information about the financial health of the business. The unions - Setca, CNE, CGSLB, FGTB Horval, CSC Alimentations et services and ACV Puls - are...

After three years of being a cash desert, the Brussels neighbourhood of Neder-Over-Heembeek finally has an ATM again. The cash machine on Rue François Vekemans is the first to appear since the commune’s last one disappeared in 2020, Bruzz reports, leaving residents with no means of getting cash in...