The new tramline that will connect Tour & Taxis with North Station will continue on to Central Station, mobility minister Elke Van den Brandt (Groen) has announced. The line will run from the Belgica metro station southeast to end at Central Station. Stib had wanted the line to take in Place...

Cancelled last year due to coronavirus, the corny but wonderful Bal National, on the eve of Belgium’s national day, has been cancelled for a second consecutive year. 20 July has been designated as a national day of mourning for those killed in the floods which hit a large part of southern Belgium...

The death toll from Thursday's flooding across large parts of southern Belgium has reached at least 23, authorities have confirmed. Fifteen people died in Verviers, the town's mayor announced on Friday. Three bodies were discovered in Trooz, Liège province. Deaths from the flooding were also...

Belgian tax authorities have extended the deadline for filing this year's online return - by five days - after the flooding emergency in southern Belgium. The deadline to file a tax return via Tax-On-Web was due to pass at midnight on Thursday night. It has now been extended to midnight on 20 July...

The natural disaster occurring in the south and east of Belgium at present – rivers of water flowing through town centres and residential areas, resulting in at least six deaths and tens of thousands of evacuations – is the result of the climate crisis, according to KU Leuven geographer Nicole van...

Join the friendly fun at L’Afrique en Couleurs , a celebration of the many sights, sounds and colours from the African continent. Concerts, dance, food, workshop and fashion should keep your whole family busy during this free annual event on the canal in Laeken. 23-25 July, Quai de Heembeek...

Six people have died, several others are missing and several thousand residents are being evacuated from their homes after severe flooding in parts of Wallonia. In Eupen, a 22-year-old man died after he was carried away by flood water. Meanwhile a man in his 50s in Aywaille, Liège province, drowned...

Since the gradual lifting of coronavirus measures, the arrival of summer and the end of the school and university academic years, some parts of the Brussels municipality of Ixelles have started to come back to life. While welcomed by many, this resurgence of activity is already leading to...

Every year the Belgian statistical office Statbel unveils the ranking of the most popular names in the country. In 2020, Olivia and Arthur moved to the top of the rankings for new-borns while Jean and Maria were the most popular in the population across all age groups. The Olivias of Belgium...