The famed Greenwich café on Rue des Chartreux in downtown Brussels re-opened today following a closure of seven months. It is now known as Greenwich Modern. The Greenwich has been at number 7 on Rue des Chartreux since 1907 and is now a protected monument. It was known for its chess boards and...

A Brussels museum, closed for renovations, has won a prestigious award for allowing people to borrow works from the collection and put them on display in their own homes. The Musée d’Ixelles has won the 2021 European Art Explora Award, which rewards museum projects that are conceived to attract...

The good news is: Not every indoor performance has been cancelled. Bozar’s See Festival , for instance, is largely intact, with music and cinema focused on south-eastern Europe. This weekend’s Psychedelic Night features Belgian jazz collective Compro Oro, the Monsieur Doumani trio from Cyprus and...

Doctors of the World says that the situation at the Petit-Château reception centre for asylum seekers in Brussels is still very dire. The NGO is having to administer medical care in the streets to some of those queuing outside the centre. "The situation here has not changed over the last few weeks...

In Flanders, municipalities are now responsible for imposing penalties for speeding in 30 or 50 km/h zones. The idea is to increase controls without drowning the public prosecutors under the mass of cases. Bonheiden, a town near Mechelen with 15,000 inhabitants, is among those which have embraced...

On-board staff of Brussels Airlines have announced a strike on 20 December, which will “severely disrupt” flights schedules at Brussels Airport, according to a spokesperson. The 24-hour strike begins at 5.00 on Monday. Three unions representing pilots and cabin personnel have called the strike,...

A construction worker died this morning when part of a house under renovation collapsed on the Chaussée de Waterloo in Saint-Gilles. Three other workers were taken to hospital in serious condition. The three-story house at number 139, near the Barrière de Saint-Gilles, was being structurally...