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Illustration picture shows an STIB tram (BELGA PHOTO LAURIE DIEFFEMBACQ)

Felling of trees suspended while Stib redevelopment plan is reviewed

Work has been suspended on the felling of 26 trees in Elisabeth Park in Koekelberg after a petition signed by more than 700 local residents was received by the municipal authorities. The reduction of trees on Avenue du Panthéon in Koekelberg is part of a redevelopment which will see the Stib tram...

Flemish parliament ‘regrets’ inclusion of Nazi collaborators in anniversary celebration

The Flemish parliament has – more or less – apologised for the inclusion of two Nazi collaborators in a profile of historical figures that were significant in the founding of Flanders as a legislative region. The profiles were part of a special edition of the Belgian edition of Newsweek to...

Brussels expat demands response to sexual assaults at Cinquantenaire

A Brussels expat has launched a petition demanding more police presence, a neighbourhood watch and improved lighting in the area around Cinquantenaire park. The woman narrowly avoided being raped when she was walking on a street near the park late last week and has discovered that it is not an...
An artist’s impression of how the new Avenue de la Toison d'Or - Boulevard de Waterloo redevelopment would look (© Bruxelles Mobilité)

'Champs-Elysées of Brussels' project moves closer to approval

In what could be one of the most impressive urban regeneration projects Brussels has ever seen, the Avenue de la Toison d'Or and the Boulevard de Waterloo in the upper part of the city centre will be redeveloped to form what some are calling ‘the Champs-Elysées Brussels’. The redevelopment project...
Illlustration shows lots of police forces, making administrative arrestation in marge of a demonstration called Stop the class justice, stop the racist justice to denounce the lack of reaction of justice and the government after physical, psychological and or economical violences towards women and all minorities, Sunday 24 January 2021, in Brussels. BELGA PHOTO NICOLAS MAETERLINCK

Reports of excessive force, indiscriminate arrests surface after protest

The unauthorised protest which took place on the Mont des Arts in Brussels on Sunday, attended by a crowed of around 100 demonstrators who had gathered to denounce recent acts of alleged police brutality, somehow resulted in the arrest of approximately 245 people, reports claim. While many of the...

Unique views of the capital’s skylines from the green belt

Know where you can get the best views of Brussels? Outside of Brussels. And since snow and corona have made winter walks are all the rage right now, it’s a great time to slip over the border and take a look back.

While walks and cycle paths can be found anywhere in the Flemish green belt surrounding Brussels, the best views of some of the capital’s landmarks need to be sought out. But that doesn’t mean they are hard to find.

It’s official: Lake in Anderlecht to become swimming spot

The Brussels regional government has approved a plan to develop a swimming area in the lake in Pede Park in Anderlecht. The plan calls for the lakes and ponds in the Neerpede area to be cleaned and for the largest to become a public swimming spot. But it concerns much more than that. The Neerpede...

Achel beer loses Trappist designation

Achel beer, produced in the Limburg abbey of the same name, is no longer a Trappist beer. That is because the only actual monk still living in the monastery has moved out. Trappist is a protected label, and a beer can only be designated as such if it is produced by Trappist monks in a monastery...
An image of the meteorite over Brussels taken from one of the cameras of the Fireball Recovery and Interplanetary Observation Network (FRIPON) (©Vigie-Ciel / Institut Royal d’Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique)

Flemish observatory calls for help in search of meteorite samples

A “very clear" meteorite was observed over parts of Western Europe early on Friday morning, according to the Mira Observatory, located in Grimbergen, Flanders. The observatory announced the sighting of the meteor, which was seen in the skies over Belgium, the Netherlands, France, and England on...
Illustration shows lots of police forces and people having an administrative arrestation in marge of a demonstration called Stop the class justice, stop the racist justice to denounce the lack of reaction of justice and the government after physical, psychological and or economical violences towards women and all minorities, Sunday 24 January 2021, in Brussels. (BELGA PHOTO NICOLAS MAETERLINCK)

Protest against police brutality results in dozens of arrests

A demonstration by about 100 people on the Mont des Arts on Sunday went ahead without the permission of the Brussels authorities, with the police eventually moving in and making arrests. The demonstrators, protesting against perceived injustice in recent cases of alleged police brutality and the...

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