It was the photo that went around the world on 22 March 2016: Two women who survived the terrorist attack at Brussels Airport, one splayed across seating, her bright yellow jacket in shreds, another with a bloody hand talking on her mobile phone. The photo of Stefanie De Loof of Belgium ( left ), a...

Between 500 and 1,000 people took part in an unannounced carnival procession through Brussels on Saturday. Members of the Carnaval Sauvage, or Wild Carnival, group started their procession in the Marolles district and carried on to Place de Bethléem in Saint-Gilles, a route of over a kilometre,...

A zookeeper at Pairi Daiza was injured by a giant panda on Saturday afternoon, the animal park said in a statement. The incident occurred in the indoor enclosure where panda Tian Bao is kept. "For a reason that is still under investigation, a zookeeper who has been working at Pairi Daiza for many...

Monday, 22 March, is the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks that took 32 lives at Brussels Airport and Maelbeek metro station. The morning of 22 March 2016 saw two suicide bombers hit the airport’s departure hall and one detonate his bomb on a metro train as it was departing from Maelbeek...

Terror victims’ associations have warned of a legal vacuum in Belgium, as the creation of a guarantee fund to compensate all victims of acts of terrorism has not happened. The fund was advocated in 2017 by the public inquiry into the 22 March 2016 terror attacks in Brussels. The aim of the inquiry...

After Belgian beer, will the "fritkot" (Belgian chip stand) be recognised by Unesco as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity? The National Union of Friturists (Unafri) has submitted an application to the Flemish authorities with a view to presenting to Unesco the fritkot culture in Belgium as...

A wrong-way driver detection system, described as the first of its kind in Europe, should soon be installed on motorways in Wallonia. The Luwa group has presented its system for detecting wrong-way drivers. It should equip 300 Walloon motorway slip-roads by the end of 2023 to avoid accidents. Wrong...

The ING headquarters on Avenue Marnix has been granted landmark status by the Brussels region, secretary of state for urban heritage and planning Pascal Smet has announced. Esteemed American architect Gordon Bunschaft designed the building in the late 1950s when, after a fire in the family mansion...

The Brussels-Ixelles police force will acquire 231 bodycams, which will be put into operation in April, and provide training aimed at improving relations with the public. The 2021 regular budget of the Brussels-Ixelles police is €258.7 million, or €24 million more than in 2020, the police zone...

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