The public purchase of a statue of Philippe Geluck’s iconic character Le Chat for €370,000 has re-igniting the debate around the planned museum honouring the anthropomorphic cat figure. Although the cost of the acquisition raised some eyebrows, Brussels parliament spokesperson Rachid Madrane said...

The initiative to lighten Belgian bureaucracy, the Kafka Plan, saved businesses a total of €29 million in 2022, says secretary of state for digitalisation Mathieu Michel . The savings resulted from five of the plan’s 12 completed projects, according to numbers published by Hasselt University,...

The evacuation of a cinema, shopping arcade and several homes in Brussels, after people complained of eye irritation, breathing difficulties and an unbearable smell, was likely to have been caused by the many nail salons in the vicinity. About 100 people were evacuated, one of whom had to be...

A solution has been found for the migrants evicted from a squat in the Brussels neighbourhood of Schaerbeek, where a dead body and multiple cases of tuberculosis were discovered. Emergency accommodation is being provided for 140 asylum seekers who had been living in the Rue des Palais squat (...

A masterpiece by painter Peter Paul Rubens that is currently on display in Brussels is expected to fetch more than €20 million in a New York City auction later this year. The painting, Portrait of a Man as the God Mars, was once the most expensive work from the Flemish master ever sold at auction...

The El Café bar in Brussels is rebranding, having made headlines throughout last year after one of its staff was accused of serial sexual assault and one of its bouncers was convicted of rape. The bar, located in the university neighbourhood near the Ixelles cemetery, was strongly criticised for...

How we experience culture changes as technology changes, and this is no more evident than at Lens Dans , where live performance and audio-visual mix. Check out dance and theatre against multi-media backdrops, cinema sessions and an open mic. The festival closes with a big dance party featuring DJs...

Brussels' biggest Dutch-language library, Muntpunt, has announced it will close its doors an hour earlier on weekday evenings to save costs. From 1 March, the library in central Brussels will be open on weekdays from 10.00 to 19.00 - instead of 20.00. Saturday's opening hours remain unchanged at 10...

Drivers in Brussels are being warned to expect worse congestion than usual on Friday evening as the latest edition of the Critical Mass cycle ride makes its way through the city's streets. The monthly event, described as " half-party, half-demonstration " sees hundreds of cyclists set off from the...