Homeowners in Brussels will have to pay at least 9.6% more property tax in 2023 than in 2022, because of increased costs, authorities have announced, as they begin their campaign to deliver 400,000 tax bills to Brussels residents by the end of September. The Belgian capital’s tax administration...

Belgium’s mobility minister Georges Gilkinet is aiming to decrease the significant price differences between air and rail travel, notably by slashing the standard 6% VAT on train tickets to 0%. In an interview with Sudinfo, the politician from the Ecolo party said many travellers choose the plane...

Annual commemorations will take place in Charleroi on 7 and 8 August in memory of one of Belgium’s worst ever mining disasters. They mark the 67th anniversary of the deadly fire at Bois du Cazier mine in Marcinelle in 1956 when 262 miners perished. The majority were immigrants and included 136...

In what has been called “the trial of the century”, the long-awaited verdict from the 22 March 2016 Brussels terror attack trials was announced - delivered by a public jury rather than legal experts. There were doubts initially that the general public would have the expertise and tenacity to do the...

A new Brussels-based mobile operator by the name of Undo is promising carbon-conscious offerings to its customers. Undo is an initiative from Brussels-based company Effortel. It has now launched in Belgium as an Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) – a telecom operator that does not have its own...

Schaerbeek has become the latest municipality in Brussels to introduce designated drop-off zones for shared scooters. The commune is installing 58 drop zones this summer where shared scooters can be parked, in the lower neighbourhood of the municipality around the town hall, Bruzz reports. “Shared...

The third edition of the free urban trail Brussels in Bloom injects welcome splashes of colour to the cobbled streets surrounding the Grand Place. More than 5,000 artificial flowers along with other durable materials are employed in the pop-up horticultural installations bursting with sunshine...

Ryanair workers are warning potential passengers who are planning to travel with the budget airline, saying more strikes are likely to come. Strikes have already taken place, including a partial one last weekend that involved 30 Belgian pilots for Ryanair gathering at Charleroi airport, RTBF...

Authorities in Australia have resumed the search for a missing Belgian woman after receiving new information. 31-year-old Céline Cremer, from Liège, went missing on the island of Tasmania earlier this summer. A search that commenced in the beginning of July focused on Waratah, a town in the north-...

Despite starting from 6th place due to a five-place grid penalty, Max Verstappen cruised to victory at the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps on Sunday. The Dutchman’s winning margin was 22.3 seconds over his Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez, further confirming the driver and stable’s dominance...