Brussels public transport operator Stib is being sued by one of its employees, who claims the company did not make necessary adjustments to his working hours for medical reasons. Other employees have also criticised the policy, Bruzz reports, claiming that Stib discriminates against workers who...

For the first time in Belgium, the influential work of pioneering 20th-century abstract artist Hilma af Klint is on show in the exhibition Swedish Ecstasy at Bozar, running until 21 May. The spotlight on this little-known female artist’s colourful esoteric and highly original works is accompanied...

The Brussels Expo centre is now sporting 11,000 solar panels, making it the largest solar park in the Brussels region. The combined buildings that make up the Expo complex now have a collective 4.7 MWp (megawatt peak) of solar panels. Through a cooperation with EnergyVision, the installation of the...

Belgian film Close , the heart breaking story of teenage friendship, guilt, longing and loss, may have missed out on this year’s Oscar’s but it continues to garner rave reviews by critics. Director and screenwriter Lukas Dhont’s cinematic piece, lost out to the German film All Quiet on The Western...

A monumental and symbolic sculpture by François Schuiten and Pierre Matter is to grace the Van Praet crossroads in Brussels in 2026, Brussels minister Sven Gatz has announced. Entitled Moby Train, the sea creature work alludes to both maritime and railway worlds, and will be sited close to the...

Following a nationwide strike of Delhaize staff after the grocery chain announced it would be switching all stores over to a franchise model, Carrefour supermarkets have found themselves overwhelmed with customers. There are 128 Delhaize stores that stand to be affected by the sudden switch, and...

Popular Chinese social media app TikTok cannot be installed on the devices of Belgian federal government staff on the grounds that it poses security risks. Belgium’s national security council made the decision to ban ministers, cabinet members and federal civil servants from using TikTok on their...

The Brussels-Capital Region has given the green light for the Ancienne Belgique – better known as AB - to undergo renovation this summer, reports RTBF. The announcement about the popular Brussels music hall was made by secretary of state for urbanism Pascal Smet. Financed and supervised by the...

Bruxelles Propreté rubbish trucks will resume their night rounds for the first time in more than six years, it has been announced. Starting from 15 May, trucks from the regional waste collection agency will circulate on certain roads between 20.00 and 2.00 in an effort to reduce road traffic at...

Thousands of people marched in Brussels on Wednesday to advocate for equality between women and men as part of the worldwide celebration of International Women’s Day. Estimates for the crowd ranged from 5,000 to 8,000 people. Global feminist network the World March of Women was this year calling...