Human remains found a fortnight ago in the Peruvian Andes have been identified as belonging to 28-year-old missing Belgian backpacker Natacha de Crombrugghe, according to the Peruvian prosecutor's office, reports RTBF. "The provincial prosecutor's office has confirmed that the skeletal remains...

Brussels Muzieque returns with a full season of classical music, presenting at least one concert a month until May 2023. Among nine concerts scheduled in the capital, the Maisky-Troullous Duo will be performing a piano bassoon duo recital at Full Circle House on 12 October. Pianist Lily Maisky and...

Brussels city council has decided to go ahead with the planned ice rink in Place De Brouckère at this year’s Christmas festivities, Winter Wonders, according to culture and major events alderwoman Delphine Houba (PS), reports RTBF. During a city council meeting, Bianca Debaets (CD&V) questioned...

When I joined, the sub-editors were under the editorial direction of Matthew Davis (production editor), Ben Tarring (deputy editor) and Brigid Grauman (editor-in-chief). The internet was still in its infancy and the editorial team’s form of fact-checking was a more creative affair than it is today...

I ’ d lived in Brussels for a while when I started at The Bulletin, and had read the magazine avidly when looking for temping jobs and trying to make sense of this strange country I had moved to. It was a great place to work, both in terms of the colleagues I had but also in the freedom to develop...

“You’re going to be a very good father,” Jean-Claude Van Damme tells me. “Better than lots of people.” Thanks, I say. “Worse than lots of people too,” he continues. He puts a hand on my shoulder. “But you’re going to be on the high side.” He pauses dramatically. “And you’re going to have more than...

Music fans will discover the delights of being urban in the fifth edition of Nuits Sonores and European Labs . The event brings together different communities through music, debate and conferences centred around contemporary issues, in locations including La Vallée, C12 and Bozar. New this year is...

Cafes, bars and restaurants in Brussels could soon be banned from having heated outdoor terraces, under a new proposal being considered by the region's government amid soaring energy costs. Several Brussels municipalities - including Brussels-City, Jette, Ixelles and Woluwe-Saint-Lambert - have...

As the trial for the 2016 Brussels terror attacks gets under way, the driver of the Maelbeek metro where one of the attacks took place has recounted his experience to Belgian news outlet RTBF. Christian Delhasse was at the controls when a suicide bomber detonated explosives in the middle carriage...

Depictions of Brussels are highly polarised, according to a study from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), with some Belgian newspapers presenting the capital as an ideal place to live and others lambasting it as crime-ridden and filthy. “Brussels’ overwhelmingly negative depiction in the press is a...