Several feminist activists are calling for a boycott of all Brussels bars and clubs on Friday, urging people to join their "Nightlife Blackout" protest against sexual violence in the capital. "We want to hit the operators in their wallets," the activists say. Instead of attending bars and cafes,...

The Council of State, the highest court in Belgium, has issued its opinion on Brussels’ planned kilometre tax, known as SmartMove. The court has said that there is nothing illegal about the new tax regime for vehicles and that Brussels can effectively go ahead with it. The Council said, however,...

The mayor of Saint-Gilles has announced that his municipality is planning to develop a covered food market similar to Wolf and Gare Maritime. According to mayor Charles Picqué (PS), the new market will be located at Rue Théodore Verhaegen 164, a couple of doors down from the La Tricoterie event...

A total of 238 people were arrested on Saturday afternoon during the Extinction Rebellion demonstration on Rue de la Loi in Brussels, according to a statement released by the Brussels-Capital/Ixelles police zone. The environmental activist movement had called for an occupation of the central...

Just over half of parents want the Belgian school summer holidays to be shortened, according to the results of a survey organised by the Flemish Confederation of Parents and Parents' Associations (VCOV) and published by the Flemish newspaper De Zondag at the weekend. Some of the more than 14,000...

Some 160 works by Belgian surrealist René Magritte feature in the virtual ‘emotion exhibition’ Inside Magritte , showing at Liège’s fine arts museum La Boverie until 6 March. The dive into the artist’s unique universe sees some of his most iconic images projected onto every surface of the...

Would you care to have a kinky conversation with several attractive young women? How about licking the screen of an iPad? Or perhaps you prefer to spin around a dance floor, staring deeply into your lover’s eyes, via your smartphone? It’s all possible at Swipe Right! Data, Dating, Desire . The...

The police officer who fired the bullet that killed a two-year-old transmigrant in 2018 has had his suspended sentence reduced on appeal. The officer was convicted of involuntary manslaughter by a court in Mons earlier this year. The court gave the officer a one-year suspended sentence. He appealed...

One of the highlights of Namur’s Kikk Festival is a free circuit of 30 installations in 10 indoor and offbeat outdoor locations in the city, from 4 to 7 November. Kikk in Town is a rare opportunity to discover original and thought-provoking works and performances by a host of cutting-edge Belgian...

The Belgians who have been working for more than five years to open an elephant sanctuary in France have welcomed their first resident. Gandhi is a 52-year-old Asian elephant who has been moved from an animal park that has phased out its elephant residents. Tony Verhulst and Sofie Goetghebeur...