Extinction Rebellion climate activists who were detained by Belgian police in 2019 will receive compensation after a court ruled that their arrest was unlawful. On November 28, 2019, 22 members of Extinction Rebellion, a group that calls attention to global warming through civil disobedience, were...

Hundreds of firefighters protested in Rue de la Loi today as talks took place between federal interior minister Annelies Verlinden (CD&V) and fire department unions. The firefighters were protesting at Verlinden’s plan to eliminate 24-hour shifts, which she thinks are too hard on workers...

Rue Antoine Dansaert will soon turn into one big construction zone, as many utility works are planned in the downtown street famed for shopping, dining and drinking. “It is going to be a nightmare,” remarked Carine Lauwers of Downtown Dansaert. It all started when energy supplier Sibelga requested...

The debate over whether the municipalities of Brussels should be given the responsibility for cleaning their own streets, rather than it being the job of the Brussels-Capital region, is a long-running one. In some areas, the duties are already shared between the central agency for cleanliness,...

The Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren has requested help in its investigation into whether or not objects from its collection have been unlawfully acquired The Belgian government has agreed to return looted art from the colonial period to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but...

An 11-year-old has graduated from the University of Antwerp with a bachelor degree in physics. The young Laurent Simons finished the three-year programme in one year and took a few extra master’s classes alongside it. Simons has been in the media before, such as when he finished secondary school in...

The new open-air pool in Anderlecht, called Flow, is causing consternation among some politicians. Members of both the Dutch and French-speaking liberals have been particularly vocal about burkinis being allowed in the pool and that one hour a week is reserved for women only. Flow opened just a few...

Photocity, the new photography exhibition that is occupying Tour & Taxis for 99 days this summer, is being billed as the largest photography festival in Europe and this is no idle boast. The works of more than 100 photographers are on display in over 15,000m² of gallery space. Comprising work...

Flanders and the Brussels region will install 110 charging stations for electric vehicles by September 2022, the Flemish mobility minister Lydia Peeters and Brussels energy minister Alain Maron jointly announced on Monday This number includes 101 charging stations for electric cars and nine shore...

With the new penal code expected to come into force in 2022, Belgian judges will no longer be able to impose imprisonment on those committing the lightest offences, justice minister Vincent Van Quickenborne told De Standaard on Monday. The category of offences which will no longer carry a prison...