The Belgian government has big plans for the Parc du Cinquantenaire in Brussels, including the renovation of its buildings and its better integration into the surrounding areas. Secretary of state for renewal Thomas Dermine told reporters on Wednesday that a complete reform of the park is planned...

Since the beginning of July, a Meta Fusion turret traffic radar has been tested by the federal police on the E411, near the Beez viaduct east of Namur, in the direction of Brussels. If the test phase is successful, this will be the first of this type of traffic control radar to be deployed in...

Traffic will be heavily congested throughout Europe during the weekend of 30 July to 2 August, the Touring mobility organisation has warned. A particularly busy day is expected on Saturday, especially in France where severe traffic disruptions are forecast. In Belgium, Friday afternoon and evening...

In the aftermath of the serious floods that affected many municipalities in Wallonia, the government has agreed on several measures to deal with the consequences of the disaster, focusing in particular on the reconstruction of the devastated areas. A special police department, which will have a...

When was the Royal Brussels Cricket Club founded? Kim Revill : Our club was established in 1866, but we believe that cricket was first played 30km outside Brussels by the Duke of Wellington’s foot soldiers days before the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Where did the club play before moving to its...

After the recent demolition of the Reyers viaduct in Schaerbeek, the Brussels region has now set its sights on doing away with the Herrmann-Debroux viaduct in Auderghem. The Brussels government gave the green light last week at the second reading of the Master Development Plan (PAD) of the Delta-...

The city of Ghent has launched a study in response to claims of ethnic profiling by police. "Citizens with an immigrant background report that they face situations of ethnic profiling in their contact with the police,” said the city’s equal opportunities alderwoman Astrid De Bruycker. “The city and...

The former vagrant colony at Wortel in the Belgian municipality of Hoogstraten will be added to the Unesco world heritage list, the organisation’s committee decided on Monday. The site at Wortel, which was one of the Colonies of Benevolence created in Belgium and the Netherlands in the early 1800s...

A new centralised public prosecutor's office, which will be largely responsible for dealing with the increase in traffic violations in Belgium, has been agreed upon by the council of ministers. The formation of the new National Road Safety Prosecutor's Office, proposed by justice minister Vincent...

Several hundred people queued on Monday to try to access the "neutral zone" set up in Brussels to handle regularisation requests after a hunger strike by undocumented migrants was called off last Wednesday. As part of the agreement to end the strike, secretary of state for asylum Sammy Mahdi had...