Belgium's plan to relax coronavirus restrictions outdoors on 1 April has been put on hold - with new measures announced to slow down the country's rising infection numbers. The consultative committee, bringing together representatives from the federal and regional governments and language...

How do you make people feel like they are attending a real festival in person rather than online? That was the challenge facing the Passa Porta Festival, which kicks off on 21 March. A biennial hosted by the Passa Porta house of literature in Brussels, it usually takes place across the capital,...

The new Deodato Gallery , dedicated to contemporary and urban art, is opening with a splash: Banksy: The Brussels Show includes originals on paper and canvas of some of the anonymous artist’s most famous works. See, for instance, the triptych of ‘Rage, Flower Thrower’, ‘Love Rat’ and ‘No Ball Games...

State secretary for urban development, Pascal Smet, is investigating the possibility of banning sexist advertising in public space. There is currently no regulation regarding discriminatory posters or social media ad campaigns in the capital. In 2019, Brussels state secretary of equal opportunities...

Manneken Pis has dressed up today in a full Hazmat suit bearing the city logo, hospital slippers, an FFP2 mask, red gloves, a belt and a small bag containing a gel dispenser and a yardstick, on the one-year anniversary of the Belgian coronavirus lockdown. The statue is paying homage to the Covid...

About 60 people demonstrated on Wednesday afternoon in front of the Schaerbeek town hall, calling for the preservation of the Josaphat wasteland, an area of diverse natural habitat. According to the Brussels-North police which monitored the gathering, the protest passed peacefully and there were no...

The number of homeless people in Brussels, including children and young people as well as adults, has increased by 27.72% over the last two years but, according to an initial national census released on Wednesday, the problem of homelessness is not unique to Belgium’s large cities. In the Brussels...

Renovation works will soon begin – or shall we say proceed – on the Justice Palace in Brussels. We know – you’ll believe it when you see it. Us too, but we feel the need to report on what we are being told anyway. The agency responsible for federal buildings announced last year that the exterior of...

The Belgian chapter of the Jehovah’s Witnesses have been handed a €96,000 fine by a court in Ghent for discrimination and incitement to hate. It sets a precedent in Belgium that religious doctrine cannot be used as an excuse to break human rights laws. The ruling was the end of a six-year struggle...