A new exhibition presenting works by British street artist Banksy will open on the Grand Place in Brussels from 10 June. The exhibition - "Banksy: Genius or Vandal" – contains about 100 pieces, including 70 authenticated works from private collections around the world. The exhibition explores key...

“I have to admit that this pair stressed me out a little bit. I spent an extra day and plenty of sweat on them.” What could have caused such anxiety in a small town tattoo artist, who took to creating individual designs on white Vans during the corona crisis, which are selling like hotcakes? An...

The city of Halle has had to take additional measures to control crowds in its famous forest, where the bluebells have started to blossom. The wood just outside of Brussels attracts tens of thousands of visitors every spring for its glorious purple carpets of bluebells on the forest floor. The...

The Brussels council chamber postponed the case surrounding the death of 19-year-old Adil indefinitely on Tuesday. The family of the young man, who died in a collision with a police car in Anderlecht on 10 April 2020, has requested that the investigation into the fatal incident be extended. Adil...

Scooter company Dott will use an €85 million cash injection from Belgian capital investment company Sofina to produce and distribute new models of electric scooters and electric bikes. These will already be available in several European cities in the summer, but people in Brussels will have to wait...

Belgian director Jan Verheyen is preparing to make a new movie about one of the deadliest disasters in Belgian peace-time history: the L’Innovation department store fire of 1967. The fire swept through the chic Brussels department store in minutes, killing 250 people and leaving more than 60...

Motorists should keep a sharp eye on their speedometers on Wednesday: Federal and local police are collaborating to carry out a 24-hour speed check marathon. The more-or-less regular event finds police officers concentrated on monitoring driving speeds on Belgium’s motorways and regional roads. The...

Two commemorative plaques installed beside the 38-panel fresco that adorns the walls of the Clemenceau metro station in Brussels have been causing confusion and derision for some time. The plaques honour the artist of the monumental artwork, entitled ‘Promenade’, and state his birth and death: “...

The trial of 81 defendants who are alleged to be members of a large criminal organisation, the so-called 'Modest clan', started in Brussels on Monday. The gang specialised in fake car sales and is alleged to have committed more than 600 offences. According to the federal prosecutor's office, the...

Police inspector Eric Claessens has started a hunger strike following what he describes as years of harassment and threats of termination. He is being targeted by police officers and even his superiors, he says, because he filed a complaint against fellow officers for brutality in 2013. Claessens,...