The mayor of the City of Brussels, Philippe Close, has expressed his wish that the Brussels region would give a boost to the issuing of permits for the Neo 1 project to redevelop part of the Heysel plateau. This project, which includes the construction of a shopping centre, nearly 600 housing units...

The federal government will introduce a penalty points system on driving licenses in Belgium during the current legislature, justice minister Vincent Van Quickenborne has announced. It is not a question of punishing small offences more heavily, the minister said, but of tackling repeat offenders. "...

Brussels-City is investing €144,000 in four ‘parklets’. The new infrastructure will be placed in former parking spaces. Parklets are popping up in cities across the US and Europe. Taking up the space on a street that once belonged to parking spots, they take the shape of little gardens with picnic...

The SNCB rail service debuted its new uniforms this week. The smart dark blue suits with bright blue piping replace the grey ensembles with orange detailing that staff have been wearing for 10 years. The new uniforms will be worn by all staff who come into contact with the public on trains and...

A survey undertaken by aid organisation Bruss'Help to determine the number of homeless people in Brussels took place on Monday night between 23.00 and midnight. The plan was to take a snapshot of the number of homeless people in the capital during a specific timeframe. Almost the entire Brussels...

The Brussels parliament's home affairs committee has been discussing a draft paper on violence committed by and against the police, which includes, among other things, a call for clearer regulation on the use of bodycams. The hearings in the parliament were primarily designed to provide a better...

After 10 years of work and at a price of €500 million, the electricity networks of Germany and Belgium are finally connected, thanks to an underground high-voltage line. This link will ensure a better energy supply to Belgium and will enable a better source of renewable energy through offshore wind...

American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German biopharma firm BioNTech have announced that their vaccine against Covid-19 is 90% effective. The final phase of the trial to test the vaccine is complete, and the first results suggest that the drug will be ready to be approved by regulatory agencies...

In the course of next year, the federal government will discuss whether to allow Belgian residents to denote their gender with an X on their identity cards – or to scrap the notion of gender altogether. In 2018, Belgium passed a law allowing transgender people the right to change their gender on...

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) moved to its new headquarters two years ago and, since then, its former home has lain empty. But the site will soon be active again and the focus of huge media attention next month when it plays host to Belgium’s largest-ever courtroom – the venue for...