Joe Biden arrived in Belgium on Sunday ahead of the Nato summit which will take place on Monday and Tuesday. As well as attending the summit, the US president will also meet King Philip during his stay. What else Biden chooses to do while here remains a closely guarded secret. Observers are already...

Federal interior minister Annelies Verlinden has said that a database of names of people no longer welcome at recreation parks in Belgium would be developed, following Ghent’s decision to draw up a ‘black list’. Ghent has started a black list of names following an incident at the Blaarmeersen...

The weather is good, so check out the summer bars that are slowly opening up around Brussels. The best known are the Guinguettes Barc , with eight across Brussels. They all have their own cute names – Maurice at Cinquantenaire, for instance, or Jeanne on the grounds of Rouge-Cloître – but all have...

Why did you become involved with ADHD organisations? My son was diagnosed at the age of seven with ADHD in South Africa where I was born. We moved to France in 2011 and couldn’t find support or the educational support that I knew he needed. Then we arrived in Belgium and I googled ADHD Belgium and...

A new initiative to boost the Brussels hospitality sector, which has been badly hit since the start of the health crisis, is to be launched by the federation which represents cafes, bars and restaurants in the city and Taxis Verts. The cab firm is joining forces with Federation Horeca Brussels to...

Plans announced by the municipality of Schaerbeek to redevelop the stately Avenue Louis Bertrand are facing fierce criticism over the "sub-standard" proposal which a local pressure group claims gives just as much space to traffic as the area has now. The redevelopment of a 600-metre-long section of...

Following news earlier this year that a Legoland amusement park would eventually come to Belgium , the Danish maker of the famous building blocks has now announced that an indoor attraction will open next year in Brussels. Lego has many indoor Discovery Centres around the world with games, play...

Belgian polar explorer Dixie Dansercoer ( pictured ) died in Greenland this week, after falling through a shaft in a glacier. Dansercoer was snowkiting across the massive island from north to south together with a fellow explorer from Canada. Dansercoer, 58, was a long-time explorer, adventurer,...

According to a newspaper report published on Tuesday, 3,112 complaints were filed against police officers in 2020. This is almost 500 more than the previous year. The Flemish newspaper De Tijd reported that complaints lodged with Committee P, which is responsible for monitoring the police services...

US President Joe Biden will visit Belgium next week, as part of his first overseas trip since taking office. After first attending the G7 summit in the United Kingdom, President Biden will arrive in Brussels for the gathering of Nato leaders which takes place from 13-15 June. Unsurprisingly, the...