Is your house on fire? The Belgian fire brigade will be with you in, on average, 11 minutes and 25 seconds, the latest stats reveal. The average response time, published in the General Directorate of Civil Security's 2019 annual report, is about 30 seconds slower than the previous year, when it was...

The City Archive in Leuven has invited children to put together personal almanacs for 2021, to accompany an exhibition opening in January. The idea is to reflect the way people in centuries past personalised their journals, adding notes in the margins or using them as a safe place to keep letters,...

Flemish MPs Annick Lambrecht (SP.A) and Stijn Bex (Groen) want to see the speed limit reduced to 30kph in all built-up areas in Flanders. Currently, 50kph is the norm, with 30 the exception, but Bex and Lambrecht want to reverse that, with the option to increase the limit if the infrastructure is...

Prosecutors on Sunday asked for help in identifying a cyclist who pushed over a five-year-old girl on an icy path in the Hautes-Fagnes on Christmas Day. The girl was walking with her family when the cyclist approached from behind and tried to overtake. He appears to push the girl out of the way...

Flanders has promised €30 million to support the tourism sector as it moves in in 2021. The “lifeline” initiative is aimed at accommodation providers and tourist attractions who need extra support to start again after the pandemic. The tourism ministry estimates the damage to tourism in Flanders...

As we eagerly prepare to bid farewell to 2020, some aspects of its new reality look set to continue well into the New Year. Once the domain of health professionals, these five objects have become a familiar part of our daily lives, reports RTBF. The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in 2020 being the...

The Sonian Forest, parks, gardens and other wooded areas in Brussels-Capital Region are closed from Saturday until Sunday 17.00 due to forecasted strong gusts of winds, announced Brussels Environment in a press release. “Notices are posted at entrances and wardens are informing the public...

2021 will be "a year in which we can move forward again" and "believe again in the future", Belgium's King Philippe has said. In his traditional televised end-of-year message, the king said the coming months would bring "real perspective of exiting the coronavirus crisis ... but without a doubt we...

A plan to build commemorative monuments in communities across Flanders will go ahead with the backing of the Flemish government. The idea is to create somewhere people can remember loved ones lost to the corona virus, reflect, and think about the future. The first circular monument is due to be...

Members of the public can write a Christmas or new-year wish and have it displayed on four big screens around Brussels. The Brussels Wish project is run by not-for-profit association Brussels Sounds Good and allows anyone to have a greeting projected across the city. Messages can be sent on Twitter...