Schools across Wallonia have been slowly crumbling due to lack of maintenance for years now with buildings deteriorating, toilets running inefficiently and many classrooms lacking adequate insulation. This could all change soon as the government of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation sets out on its...

The Sonian Forest is the green lung of Brussels. It is where the house-bound citizens of the capital come to breathe, move and forget about the four walls which surround them at home. It’s a place to release the pressure, to exhale, at a time when the current health crisis has us all seeking calm...

The Brussels-Ixelles police zone has posted photos of 39 stolen bicycles recovered after the break-up of a ring of bike thieves. Owners of the bikes can contact the police to claim them. The bicycles were found two weeks ago during the search of a property. Police were led to the property following...

Head to Bozar to support one of Brussels’ favourite institutions as it opens back up following the devastating fire that broke out early last week. It caused damage to the roof, concert hall and historic organ, but not to the exhibition spaces, and all but one show are back open . Be sure to check...

It might at first seem unfair: You take away our friends, our cinemas, our haircuts … and now our beer? But Tournée Minérale is not meant to punish us or to deprive us, assures Tom Evenepoel of De Druglijn. Belgium’s alcohol-free month is meant to point out to us just how omnipresent drink is in...

The family of Jozef Chovanec, the Slovak passenger who died in February 2018 after being detained in a police cell at Charleroi airport, said on Wednesday that they were stunned by the statements of federal police commissioner General Marc De Mesmaeker made the day before. De Mesmaeker suggested...

Brussels residents have been given the opportunity to vote for a new name for the capital's Leopold II tunnel. A shortlist of 11 famous women, picked from an astonishing 13,000 initial suggestions, has been drawn up by a special committee and citizens of the city will be able to cast their vote...

Inspectors will be hitting the streets to assess the litter and illegal dumping situation all across the capital. They are charged with noting hotspots, how many cases they find and the amount of trash in each case. Inspectors will also pay attention to how many cigarette ends are found in certain...

More than 40 apartments and houses have come back onto the normal rental market in Ixelles because of an inspection of properties listed on Airbnb. The municipality checked 440 of the houses, apartments and rooms listed on the popular tourist accommodation website and found that more than half of...

Despite restrictions put in place due to the coronavirus pandemic, Brussels remained an attractive location for filmmakers during 2020 with the screen.brussels film commission reporting that 290 projects went ahead in the capital last year, clocking up 1,065 days of filming in total between them...