Brussels is the stage for a novel K-Pop challenge that calls on five teenagers to launch themselves as a new girl group in 24 hours. The social media experiment kicks off on Friday morning with a team of K-Pop choreographers and vocal coaches on hand to intensively training the group as they are...

A former Brussels printing house that once fabricated the iconic ATOMA notebooks is being transformed into a 5,000m² contemporary art hub. The ATOMA Art Centre is due to open in Forest in October. Designed to be a hybrid and collaborative structure that offers a coworking space and workshops, the...

Olivia and Noah remain the most popular first names in Belgium in 2025, according to data from the Belgian statistical office Statbel, with marked variations between regions. Olivia has topped the national rankings since 2019. A total of 564 baby girls were given this name in 2025, 33 more than in...

A blaze that broke out under the roof of the Kanal – Centre Pompidou museum was quickly brought under control by Brussels firefighters on Monday afternoon, although billowing black smoke continued to rise from the landmark site. The Brussels-Capital/Ixelles police set up a security perimeter around...

With a second heatwave advancing over many parts of Europe, Belgium’s Royal Meteorological Institute (RMI) has issued a yellow weather warning. This alert is in force for the whole country except for the coast as temperatures are forecast to rise to 30°C or more from Thursday. The RMI defines a...

One of the Matongé district’s most familiar works of art has made a grand return to the Brussels neighbourhood after more than a year's absence. The large-scale mural Matongé-Ixelles. Porte de Namur ! Porte de l’Amour by Congolese artist Chéri Samba has been reinstated to the district following...

The federal Brussels fund Beliris has secured planning permission for the renovation of Cinquantenaire park, with an aim to complete the refurbishment in time for Belgium’s 200th anniversary in 2030. “Cinquantenaire park isn’t just any place on the map of Brussels. It’s a landmark, a symbol, a...

Brussels now has more than 100 "bottleneck" occupations - jobs for which employers struggle to find staff - according to the new list published by the capital’s employment office Actiris. This can be the result of too few candidates or candidates whose profiles do not match what employers are...

The Brussels fire brigade has donated equipment to Ukraine for the fourth time since the Russian invasion in 2022, this time in the form of three fire engines which are being sent to the capital, Kyiv. “It’s a gesture of solidarity with the Ukrainian emergency services, who are still facing the...

Federal museums in Brussels could serve as cooling centres during heatwaves, according to federal minister Vanessa Matz (Les Engagés), who has put forward the idea during an inter-federal meeting on dealing with the effects of extreme weather. Whenever the Royal Meteorological Institute (RMI)...