MolenGeek in Brussels and Microsoft have jointly developed a specific training programme on cyber security, Bruzz reports. Together they will train 150 young people in Brussels to help meet the need for cybersecurity skills. The new training programme is part of Microsoft's multi-year investment...

The Saint-Hubert galleries, located in the heart of Brussels, a stone's throw from the Grand Place, celebrates its 175th anniversary this year, RTBF reports. Built on the orders of King Leopold I and inaugurated by the sovereign on 20 June 1847, the protected heritage site is now one of the city's...

Three municipalities in the province of Luxembourg (Florenville, Chiny and Bouillon) and one in the province of Namur (Andenne) have decided to ban the presence of alcohol in youth camps this summer. While the measure is aimed at clamping down on more serious cases, it has sparked a debate among...

A new action plan is being formulated to tackle litter in the Belgium capital, according to Brussels’ minister of public cleanliness Alain Maron (Ecolo). Entitled Clean.Brussels , the initiative aims to foster greater communication and coordination between various city actors – from residents and...

The Brussels Airlines strike from 23 to 25 June will result in the cancellation of around 315 flights affecting nearly 40,000 passengers, the company announced on Tuesday. Over the three-day strike period, 533 flights (including charters) were scheduled for almost 70,000 passengers. More than half...

The Goethe-Institut Brussels celebrated the opening of its newly-renovated, low-energy premises in the EU quarter on Monday. The return to the German cultural association’s original location in Rue Belliard follows six years of refurbishment. It occupies the site as a tenant of the Representation...

Flanders is going through with its 2019 plan to roll out digital energy meters in homes across the region, but has now shortened the deadline for switching by five years. Previously, customers had 15 years to change over to the new meters. But following an acceleration of the plan by Flemish...

The 12th shooting in just a few months took place in the Brussels municipality of Molenbeek on Monday, Bruzz reports. Violence continues to increase in the municipality, and elsewhere. According to a spokesperson for Molenbeek's mayor Catherine Moureaux, the West police zone is short of 200 police...

Between 70,000 and 80,000 demonstrators filled the streets of Brussels on Monday as the national strike against rising bills and declining salaries paralysed the capital and other cities around Belgium, RTBF and Bruzz reports. The crowds, made up of members of trade unions campaigning for "real...

Belgian authorities handed over the remains of murdered Congolese hero Patrice Lumumba to his family in a symbolic ceremony at Egmont Palace in Brussels on Monday, reports RTBF. Prime minister Alexander De Croo returned the relic, a gold-capped tooth, to his three children. They had won a court...