The low-emission zones (Lez) set up in Antwerp and Ghent over the last few years are having a positive impact on the environment, according to an evaluation carried out for the government of Flanders. The zones have improved air quality in both cities, and Flanders as a whole, by speeding up the...

Josaphat Park in Schaerbeek is welcoming a new donkey, turning its donkey duo into a trio. Donkey Napoleon was supposed to arrive today, but a complication with the transport means his anticipated arrival has been postponed for a week. Napoleon will join resident donkeys Camille and Gribouille (...

An outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza – bird flu – has been found at a poultry farm in West Flanders, according to Afsca, the Federal Agency for Food Chain Safety. The chickens at the farm in Menen have all since been slaughtered. "This is a new blow for our country's poultry sector...

Bpost will launch a large-scale pilot project on 7 February to deliver parcels on Sundays, according to a report published in De Standaard on Thursday. "We are already delivering on Saturdays and we will now extend this service, at the request of a few customers, to Sunday," a spokesperson for...

A bus driver in Flanders has been called a hero after a video appeared on social media of the man running to save an elderly woman who had fallen on train tracks. The impressive video of the heroic act, which was posted on Twitter on 25 November, shows the bus driver saving the life of the lady who...

A doctor and visiting professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) being held in prison in Iran has been placed in isolation and is facing imminent execution. His colleagues in Brussels have called for increased efforts to secure his release. Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-Swedish disaster...

Around 50 workers from several catering companies formed a socially-distanced human chain around the Berlaymont in Brussels at on Wednesday morning to condemn the decision of the European Commission to suspend its catering activities on 1 January. The aim of the action, which also included...

In the early morning of 28 November 2018, a wall dating from the 13th century collapsed in the city centre of Brussels, behind the Rue des Alexiens. The collapsed wall, some 20m long and several metres high, left debris across the courtyard of the Sint-Joris school, which backs on to the medieval...

Nine months after the first lockdown, the Brussels hotel sector continues to suffer from the coronavirus crisis. With sales down more than 90% on last year’s figures, and another huge loss from missing holiday revenue on the horizon, operators are resorting to creative solutions to fill the vacant...

Talk about cheery: Brussels by Lights launched on Tuesday, and man, oh man, is it bright. Brussels-City has done its best to make up for the lack of a Christmas market, decking out more than 140 streets and squares with not just twinkly lights but whole massive light installations. There is a...