The Brussels government has announced that it plans to scale back its plans for the PAD Act development on the capital’s Rue de la Loi in the European Quarter after the Regional Development Commission published its concerns over the height of some of the project’s planned tower blocks. The...

The Brussels region is considering buying land on the outskirts of the Belgian capital to grow fruit and vegetables for the inhabitants of the city “in the coming months and years”, according to an announcement from Brussels environment minister Alain Maron on Monday. Maron wants to preserve...

The trial of the police officer who shot at a speeding van, killing a two-year-old child, began today in Mons. The incident happened near the city in 2018. The toddler, Mawda Shawri, her brother and their parents were fleeing Kurdish Iraq and being transported with 30 other transmigrants through...

The Brussels government has approved a proposal to build a sports centre by the city’s canal between the Quai des Armateurs/Rederskaai and the Allée Verte/Groendreef, near North Station, as part of the Urban Renewal Contract No. 1 "Citroën – Vergote”. The sports centre, which will be built on a...

The KBC Tower in the centre of Antwerp, popularly known as the Boerentoren, is to be redeveloped with a new focus on culture. In addition to exhibition space, a restoration studio and a cinema, the tower will also become home to shops, restaurants, and apartments. The Art Deco tower on Schoenmarkt...

I originally come from Andhra Pradesh, in south India, and I have been here for 10 years. I had previously worked in the US for a short period, but I had never heard of Belgium when I was asked to be part of a short-term IT assignment. Today, Belgium is my home and the largest IT community here is...

The minister in charge of state-owned enterprises Petra De Sutter wants Bpost to reconsider its decision not to deliver a percentage of parcels in the coming weeks, she said on Saturday, after consultation with the company. Bpost has asked consumers to pick up some parcels themselves at pick-up...

Some 250 people gathered in front of the central train station in Brussels on Sunday to demonstrate against violence against women. Similar actions took place in Ghent, Antwerp, Liège and Mons, three days before the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on 25 November. The...

‘It will be the major task of our generation to rebuild from this’ Dirk Snauwaert is the director of contemporary art centre Wiels in the Forest neighbourhood of Brussels. Its innovative and experimental programme has become an integral part of the city’s art scene since it opened in 2007. “There’s...

Bruges' famous swans were all rounded up this week and moved to a more protected environment in response to the bird flu being detected in Ostend. Three wild birds at a rescue shelter were found to be infected with the contagious virus. As of last Sunday, everyone in Belgium who keeps chickens is...