Planning a book clear-out? The Belgian Red Cross is appealing for donations of English books to sell at its vast annual fundraising sale. The event includes a substantial section for second-hand English books among its large collection of titles in French and Dutch. Each year it raises tens of...

Consumer advocacy agency Test-Achats has accused several Belgian supermarket chains of holding "false promotions" in a new report. Supermarkets hold sales in order to attract customers, but the study found that in some cases these were knowingly deceptive, for example: a product advertised as being...

While the prevalence of company cars in Belgium is overall on the rise, the number of such vehicles in Brussels has decreased by 10.5% since 2019, new figures reveal. The nationwide average increase was 7%, according to figures from HR service provider Securex, but the capital saw a decline. The...

Ryanair’s two Brussels-based aircraft will leave Zaventem airport from 29 October until at least the end of March, resulting in the cancellation of hundreds of flights. Other Ryanair aircraft based abroad will continue to land at Brussels Airport and the low-cost carrier will maintain its hub at...

The Brussels region is preparing a major reform of waste collection in the capital - which would include making the orange bag for organic waste compulsory for all households. Brussels environment minister Alain Maron has presented a plan to the region's 19 mayors that aims to reduce the amount of...

Police in Brussels are advising drivers to stay away from a large part of the city centre on Thursday due to a planned protest by taxi drivers. Taxis from all over Europe will gather on Boulevard Albert II near Brussels North station on Thursday morning. Organisers are expecting more than 1,500...

Homeowners in Belgium who struggle to pay their energy bills this winter will be able to ask their bank to reduce their mortgage repayments, it has been confirmed. The temporary reprieve would see borrowers only have to repay the interest on their home loan each month for an agreed period - not the...

A new administrative centre will open in Brussels by the end of the year, intended to replace the old one on Boulevard Anspach. Around 1,700 staff members working for the City of Brussels will be gradually moved into the new BruCity administrative centre on the site of Parking 58 by mid-December,...

A roundabout in Wallonia that had been filled with garden gnomes has been cleared by public authorities because it was "becoming too dangerous". The roundabout in Enghien, Hainaut province, became home to more than 20 garden gnomes over the course of summer, placed anonymously by people presumed to...

The artwork One Day More by Ukrainian writer and photographer Yevgenia Belorusets will be inaugurated in the Citizens’ Garden in the EU quarter on 6 September at 17.30. Inspired by her diary entries depicting the effects of the Russian invasion on Ukraine’s people, the work was commissioned by...