A redesign of the Belgian passport scheduled for release on 7 February will pay homage to the country’s famous comics, including Tintin, Blake & Mortimer and the Smurfs. The makeover also includes twice as many security features as the current passport, and the price charged by the foreign...

The number of cyclists in the Belgian capital continued to rise in 2021, growing by 20% following an increase of 64% in the pandemic year of 2020. About 4.6 million bicycle trips were registered in 2020, as tallied by counting stations installed at various locations in the Brussels-Capital region...

Efforts to deport a preacher based in Maaseik (Limburg province) have been thwarted by the Belgian Council for Alien Law Litigation, which says that intelligence reports listing Abdallah Ouahbour as a high-threat hate preacher are “too vague” and “too general”. Belgium’s secretary of state for...

Some 14 tunnels in Brussels will be closed at night in 2022 in order to undergo renovations, mainly related to their ceilings and the lighting. “The main repair work will be carried out in 14 tunnels, where the ceilings will be tackled. The start of the works is planned for 2022,” Brussels mobility...

French creative style is showcased in Emergences.fr with 29 young artists exhibiting their work at Bozar in honour of the French Presidency of the EU council ( main image ). The new generation of artists are from 100% L’EXPO, an annual young talent event at La Villette in Paris. Encompassing...

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise has wanted to build a new stadium for some time and, on Tuesday, representatives of the Brussels football club sat down with officials from the regional government and the municipality of Forest to discuss taking the next step towards that goal. There are three options...

Tomorrowland and Rock Werchter have joined forces to bring a brand-new two-day music festival to Brussels. On Friday 27 and Saturday 28 May, Core Festival will take place in the Osseghem park near the Atomium. The new Core Festival will present acts on four different stages spread out the park for...

Schaerbeek is the first Brussels municipality to present its plan for a low-traffic district. In the course of 2022, the plan will be put in place in line with the regional mobility plan, Good Move. Good Move aims to make Brussels neighbourhoods car-free by banning transit traffic. To achieve this...

It may come as a surprise to some who regularly order takeaway food but some of the restaurants listed in the many online directories are not restaurants as we know them. They produce food, yes, but in some cases, there is no storefront or room inside for diners. These are called dark kitchens - or...

About 100 drivers who hold the LVC (car rental with driver) licence protested in Brussels on Monday morning against the recent seizures of several vehicles with Walloon and Flemish authorisations which took place in the capital recently. The protest was in support of Uber drivers from the capital...