The former Cinema Variétés in Brussels city centre, which has been empty since 1983, may finally get a new lease of life, reports RTBF. Plans have been submitted to turn the building into a 'laboratory for citizenship' where film screenings and debates will bring artists and the public together,...

Rail traffic to and from the Belgian coast will be diverted or limited for five weekends in a row from Saturday 23 April due to works, Bruzz reports. Infrastructure manager Infrabel and railway company SNCB announced on Thursday that the works, to be carried out on weekends from 23-24 April to 21-...

Belgium’s small but tight-knit film world is celebrating the Cannes film festival’s selection of two of its films in the official competition, one French-speaking, the other Flemish. Double Palme d’Or winners Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne from Liège will present their new film Tori et Lokita, their...

Seven new drinking water fountains will be installed in Brussels parks in time for summer, says Alain Maron, Brussels minister for the environment. These are in addition to the 35 existing fountains spread throughout the city, which were taken out of service in November 2021 for winter maintenance...

The Belgian Red Cross is currently experiencing a sharp drop in the number of blood donations and is appealing for new donors to boost supplies, reports RTBF. “Since the Easter holidays and even a little before, we have witnessed a drop of 20 to 25% in collections”, confirms communication manager...

What better way to spend your Easter Sunday evening than at the Ukraine Benefit Concert at Full Circle House. Chamber music is provided by violinists Tatiana Koichurenko and Alexandra Raikhlina ( pictured, main image ), and all proceeds go to organisations working with Ukrainian refugees who fled...

The roads in Belgium will particularly busy over the Easter weekend as many holidaymakers return home at the end of the school holidays, RTBF reports. According to mobility organisation Touring, the Easter weekend will be the most difficult of all the spring school holidays in terms of road traffic...

One third of people working in the Brussels-Capital Region do not have Belgian nationality, which is double the percentage for Belgium, Bruzz reports. Every year, more people with a nationality other than Belgian are employed in Belgium, according to a survey of 2,100 Brussels companies undertaken...

Among the number of salmonella infections reported in Belgium, 29 cases have so far been linked to the Ferrero factory in Arlon, Belgium’s food safety agency FASFC has announced. The Ardennes site manufactures Kinder Surprise, among other chocolate products popular with children. The Federal Agency...