The restoration of internationally celebrated Belgian artist Jean-Michel Folon’s monumental 150m² painting entitled Magic City is a daunting task with no easy solutions. Installed in the mid-1970s in Montgomery metro station, it is in poor condition, suffering internal pollution and above all...

More than 5,500 people have volunteered to take part in Brussels’ largest-ever air quality measurement study – almost double the participant target set by organisers. CurieuzenAir was launched by universities, NGOs, public bodies and media partners with the aim to mobilise families, businesses,...

Joining the already existing half-a-dozen shared electric scooter companies operating in Brussels, new arrival Bolt has announced that it will deploy 1,100 shared electric scooters throughout the region. This is the Estonian company’s first step into the Belgian market and deployment in three to...

A bill to extend paid bereavement leave from three days to 10 has been unanimously approved by Belgium’s federal parliament. The draft law was put forward by CD&V MP Nahima Lanjri and will apply in the event of the death of a child or a spouse. Three days can be taken off work between the death...

Ghent's mayor Mathias De Clercq has sent a letter to the Brussels regional government and Brussels-City mayor Philippe Close requesting talks on the lack of water recreation facilities in Brussels and the impact that has on the De Blaarmeersen swimming lake. Last Wednesday, police in Ghent had to...

A new restaurant has opened in Brussels which provides diners with the experience of eating in the dark. By restricting what they can see, customers at Dans le Noir can fully concentrate their senses of taste, touch and smell on their food. The restaurant’s owners say that this delivers ‘an...

The body of radical extreme-right Belgian soldier Jürgen Conings has been found in the woods in the Limburg municipality of Dilsen-Stockem, after a manhunt that lasted more than a month. Federal authorities have confirmed the identification of the body as being Conings, who disappeared on 17 May...

Five people have been killed after a construction site in Antwerp collapsed on Friday afternoon. King Philippe visited the site of the accident, in Antwerp’s Nieuw Zuid district, on Saturday afternoon. The Zuidzin primary school building was still under construction and was scheduled to open in...

Which topics did your virtual visit cover? I’ve had excellent exchanges with Belgian and Flemish governments. We have so many shared interests, whether on climate change, trade or cultural links. But I was really keen to hear more about UK nationals living in Belgium so I participated in an...

Don’t say Carolus V, say Brussels Renaissance Festival. The summer festival inspired by Charles V’s presence in what is now the capital of Europe has changed its name. The festival offers several weeks of events that submerge visitors into the sights, sounds and activities of the 15th and 16th...