Give yourself plenty of time to enjoy the Amazing Asia Festival , which brings together music, dance, a market, workshops, Thai massage, street food and tropical drinks designed to inspire you to travel to one of many eastern destinations. This lively traveling festival lands in several cities this...

Starting in 2024, supermarkets in Brussels with a surface area of more than 1,000m² will have to donate their unsold food to charity, the Brussels minister for social action Alain Maron has just announced. "When we know that 70,000 people need food aid in Brussels alone, it is not acceptable that...

Belgium's federal health ministry is carrying out an online survey of local authorities along the coast to determine whether smoking on the beach should be banned. Ostend mayor Bart Tommelein has come out in favour of implementing the ban, while Koksijde mayor Marc Vanden Bussche is against it...

Belgian rail operator SNCB and its French counterpart, the SNCF, are planning to launch a new international train service linking Brussels to Paris, according to Belgian newspaper La Libre. With a launch date set for December 2024, the train would begin in Schaerbeek and pass through the main...

Brussels' 11 federal museums will offer free admission this Friday, Saturday and Sunday as part of the celebration of Belgium’s national day, which also marks the 10th anniversary of King Philippe’s reign. Access to the permanent collections of museums covered by the Belgian Science Policy Office...

As one of the most influential art centres in Europe, Brussels has been chosen to host a pop up digital show from 25 to 27 July. The Holy Art gallery based in London and Athens, chose Brussels, Amsterdam and Paris to stage its series of touring digital exhibitions Art on Loop-Europe . The artworks...

National holiday celebrations start at 10.00 in Brussels’ royal park with entertainment for all the family, including concerts, folklore parades and a Belgian police ‘village’. At 16.00, the traditional military and civil parade begins its march through Place du Palais with national forces and...

High-speed 5G mobile internet technology will be deployed in Brussels from September, L'Echo and De Tijd newspapers have reported. Belgium has suffered from a slower 5G rollout than many other EU countries but the all-clear from regulators now clears the path for distribution throughout the...

An ambitious plan to expand and improve rail services in Belgium has been approved by ministers. The move should come as welcome news for the country’s rail travelling public who have long complained about bad punctuality. Plans for the future of the Belgian rail operator SNCB have now been...

Smoke-free products such as electronic cigarettes and vaping devices are no longer a novelty, but how they are regulated around the world is a continually changing story. Belgium for example, home to the European institutions, currently adopts a less than enthusiastic approach. It regulates...