Residents in Neder-Over-Heembeek, in the north of Brussels, have lost their appeal against the construction of a new tram line connecting the neighbourhood to the city centre. Belgium's Council of State has rejected a request from local campaigners who wanted to suspend the construction of Stib...

Professional community Limburgers Worldwide has expanded with a new website and bi-weekly newsletter, providing daily English-language news about life in the Limburg province. Targetting Limburg expats, foreign expats and students, the community was launched in autumn 2022 by the province’s...

For its second season, Namur Concert Hall aspires to attract a wider audience with 49 concerts programmed for 2023-24. After an inaugural season centred around the opening of the prestigious musical pole Grand Manège, the aim is to offer unusual and offbeat repertoires as well as familiar classics...

Despite the country's heavy tax burden, workers in Belgium are not getting value for money from the state, a new report has argued. Timed to coincide with Belgium's annual “tax freedom day”, the study paints a worrying picture about the current quality of public services in the country. This comes...

An expansion of Woluwe Shopping Centre has been given the green light following a revision of plans, although the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert has already said that it plans to “file all possible means of appeal” against the changes. The expansion plans were put on hold for a time after...

Posters depicting three young black men surrounded by hundreds of cigarette butts that were part of an anti-littering campaign in the town of Aalst in East Flanders have been taken down following criticism for being racist. The image of the three young men was captioned with “in every cool spot in...

The Africa Museum in Tervuren will take away several statues dating back to the colonial era from its tour route, it has announced. Currently exhibited in an introductory section of the museum that questions colonial propaganda, from 7 August, the statues will be moved to an area only accessible on...

BRUSSELS Families can immerse themselves in medieval fantasy at the adventure nature park Sortilège . Located in Bois des Beguines in Neder-over-Hembeek, the three-hour game for children and their parents - or groups of friends - involves a mission by a prince who is in search of knights. During...

Locals living in the Stalingrad-Lemonnier district in central Brussels are battling to save the historic and, in the words of urban action group ARAU director Marion Alecian, “architecturally extraordinary” 19th-century Palais du Midi from being dismantled due to complex construction works for...

Namur mayor Maxime Prévot has announced that begging will be banned in and up to 20 metres away from the city's shopping centres and galleries for a four-month trial period. The town justified its deision, explaining that one of its roles is to “give its inhabitants the benefits of good policing,...