Since the UK’s withdrawal from the EU at the end of 2020, Britons face a raft of changes to their lives in Belgium. The British Ambassador to Belgium Martin Shearman (pictured below) explains how to navigate the M card process and protect rights. British citizens need to apply for a new electronic...

Starting on 1 July, all school pupils as well as college and university students in Brussels are entitled to an annual Stib pass for €12. The same fee will be applied in February of next year to all people between the ages of 18 and 24. The government of the Brussels Capital-Region is spending €14...

Employment laws in Belgium are organised on several levels, with general regulations defined at federal and regional level. Ask your HR manager which Convention Collective de Travail (in French-speaking companies) or Collectieve Arbeidsovereenkomst (in Dutch-speaking companies) is applicable to...

Sonaca Aircraft is busy delivering orders of its Sonaca 200 – the only aircraft to be manufactured in Belgium –following strong recent sales. Chief commercial director Pierre Van Wetter (pictured below) is personally ferrying the two-seater, single-engine aircraft to Turkey, Estonia and France as...

Ixelles has apologised after a municipal worker wrongly chopped down eight perfectly healthy cherry trees in full bloom on a street near the ULB. Residents, all home during the day due to the pandemic, rushed out to stop the massacre. The workers claimed the trees were dead, despite being in full...

The Atomium has a new director, with an objective to attract new visitors with an innovative artistic programme, positioning the monument as a developing cultural centre. The deputy director-general of the Atomium, Julie Almau Gonzalez, will take over the management of the monument from 1 April,...

The Brussels government has agreed on the projects for the Plan for Recovery and Resilience (PRR), which are intended to make Brussels, its economy and its inhabitants more resilient to the social, economic and climate challenges that have been exacerbated by the health crisis. In January, the...

The pleasure pier at Blankenberge, also known as Belgium Pier, is being completely renovated to its original Art Deco appearance. Built in 1933, it replaced the original cast iron pier of 1894 that was destroyed during the first world war. The original pier was the first built along the continental...

Centered around three remarkable century-old trees and replacing an old industrial neighbourhood, Brussels' new green district, Tivoli in Laeken, has won another sustainability award - its eighth so far. Tivoli Greencity won its latest prize at the Breeam Awards last week. Each year the...

New data from Belgian statistics agency Statbel reveals that Brussels neighbourhoods have become more diverse over the last 20 years and that the capital is evolving into a cultural melting pot. According to the statistics, diversity in Brussels has increased enormously over the past two decades...