The House of European History has reopened after the second coronavirus shutdown with Fake for Real, an exhibition which retraces the history of forgery and falsification in Europe from the Trojan Horse to the deep rabbit holes currently created on the internet. The show is broken into six themes...

After the Belgian state was condemned by the European Court of Justice for its taxation policy on the second homes of Belgians abroad in November, the 150,000 Belgians who have a house or apartment in another country could soon face an increased tax bill. In Belgium, real estate is taxed on the...

Listen to this article: For some, kings and queens are relics of a bygone era, yet for Belgium, the royal family has played a vital role not only in guiding national politics but in pulling the country together. This year, King Philippe and his predecessors have been thrust into the spotlight more...

Brussels West Police seized 150kg of illegal fireworks worth €15,000 from a garage in Molenbeek on Thursday after the police area's specialized online search unit discovered the suspect trading in pyrotechnics via the Snapchat app. The online search unit was able to locate the fireworks storage...

The Council of Ministers agreed on Friday to start infrastructure work in the Eurostar terminal at Brussels-Midi station as part of the capital’s Brexit preparations, federal finance minister Vincent Van Peteghem announced. The UK is expected to leave the EU’s internal market on 1 January 2021. All...

When Belgium went into lockdown during Covid-19, Liege Airport went into overdrive, stepping up its 24/7 cutting-edge operations to supply the country and the rest of Europe with urgent medical equipment. Its speciality in freight has resulted in the airport being named best cargo airport in the...

The longer that salons are closed to customers in Belgium, the more Belgians are going to a neighbouring country to get their hair cut. Border areas in both France and the Netherlands are seeing significant numbers of people crossing the border for a quick snip. The practice is technically not...

A report by consultancy firm Deloitte paints a grim picture of the current state of the Brussels taxi sector. The report states that the sector is not profitable, is scarred by poor working conditions and therefore has difficulty finding enough drivers. The study was ordered by the Brussels...

Brussels has lost out to Bucharest in the vote to become the location for the new European Centre for Cybersecurity. The Romanian capital, which was favoured by EU diplomats in the second round of voting, will become home for the new centre from 2021. The aim of the new European agency is to bring...

The P Committee, the external monitoring body for the police, has released its first conclusions in the case pertaining to the arrest and subsequent death of the Slovak national Jozef Chovanec in 2018 and the behaviour of the Charlerloi Airport police during his detention. The first report from the...