The blockades at Bpost distribution centres has finally ended this week, but the backlog is still being cleared and the strikes have cost the postal company an estimated €15 million. Postal workers have been striking since the end of March against proposed changes to their work schedules that,...

It’s that time of year again when the Michelin gourmet bible crowns the best gastronomic restaurants around the world. For Belgium and Luxembourg, the 2026 edition has awarded a duo of restaurants the two-star accolade, while 10 new addresses join the ranks of starred establishments. Although no...

Brussels’ most famous statue has spent centuries posing for the countless tourists in the Belgian capital. But in artist Sonja Epple’s new digital collage series, the Manneken Pis gets to enjoy some adventures of his own. Inspired by the long-standing tradition of dressing the iconic peeing boy in...

Brussels’ flagship cultural project Kanal is further shaken ahead of its highly-anticipated inauguration in November following the surprise resignation of director Yves Goldstein. After almost 10 years steering the controversial art institution, he announced his decision in an interview with De...

The Bikes in Brussels Fund continues its commitment to sustainable mobility by granting nearly €1.5 million for 13 new cycling infrastructure projects, it said in a statement. The fund, managed by the King Baudouin Foundation, has already been supporting more than 120 cycling infrastructures over...

The Brussels region celebrates its 37th anniversary with a slimmed-down albeit festive programme for the 2026 Iris Festival on Saturday. Free daytime festivities in Etterbeek, Ixelles, Uccle and Watermael-Boitsfort are followed by the Iris Tipik Electro Night, which transforms the Place des Palais...

Russian oligarchs and investors have initiated legal proceedings against Belgium over financial assets blocked at Euroclear, the Brussels-based European securities depository. The assets, frozen since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, are facing nine “notifications of dispute”,...

A new social and cultural hub will open in the former Bar Eliza pavilion in Elisabeth Park, after the site was awarded to the non-profit organisation behind several well-known Brussels projects. The tender has been won by Bruxselair, the group behind initiatives such as See U, Circle Park and the...

Forty years after winning Eurovision with her song "J’aime la vie", Belgian singer Sandra Kim has spoken out about how she was exploited at the time and denied royalties for years, leading to financial hardship. Born in the Liège region, Kim was only 13 years old when she won the popular...

Belgium has announced a plan to nationalise its nuclear reactors, buying them in a "full takeover" and suspending plans to decommission them - to secure the country's energy supplies. The Belgian government and French utility company Engie signed a letter of intent regarding a possible takeover of...