Citing their dissatisfaction with salaries and government support, trade unions representing French-speaking teachers and educational operations staff in Belgium announced that their members would strike on Thursday and participate in a demonstration in central Brussels. The march, which will start...

Perfumes widely sold in Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark contain many harmful chemical substances, according to research carried out by three different organisations, including the Belgian Kom op tegen Kanker (Fight Against Cancer) . In a report titled 'What's that smell: problematic chemicals...

KU Leuven is facing allegations that complaints against professors who repeatedly engaged in inappropriate behaviour towards students weren’t adequately followed up on. It follows similar assertions earlier this month against Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the University of Ghent (UGent)...

In the run-up to the international day against female genital mutilation (FGM) on Sunday 6 February, a giant clitoris dominated the Place de la Monnaie in Brussels for several hours on Friday. By displaying the five-metre-high inflatable organ, the Belgian Group for the Abolition of Female Genital...

La Cambre, the range of Brussels abbey beers that looked to have been consigned to the history books, is making a return. At the end of last year, it was announced that the production would move to the Mechelen brewery Het Anker with many fans fearing that the traditional brew would change or cease...

Brussels’ future museum of modern and contemporary art, Kanal–Centre Pompidou , welcomed its first artistic director Kasia Redzisz on Wednesday. The Polish director and history of art graduate is in her 30s and boasts a wealth of experience in the international art world. She joined the museum at...

From rustic hideaways to relaxing spa breaks and cool city trips, check out our suggestions for a perfect mid-winter getaway. Rural eco-retreat Once a rustic farm dating from medieval times, Indrani Lodge has been lovingly transformed into a hotel, yoga centre and organic farm. A gastronomic...

A crucial part of the mechanism in which online advertising is sold and displayed on the Internet in the European Union violates European privacy laws, according to the Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA). A new report conducted in response to multiple complaints shows that this mechanism,...

The results of the first Dutch-language screening of pre-schoolers in the Brussels region shows that 32% of the children in the third class of nursery school in the Flemish education system do not have sufficient language skills to start in primary school, Flemish education minister Ben Weyts...

Each month in 2021, an average of 177,238 people used food banks, according to the Belgian Federation of Food Banks (FBBA) during the presentation of its annual results on Thursday. This represents nearly 2,000 more monthly beneficiaries. The organisation fears that this increase will continue,...