Motorists throughout the Brussels Capital Region can charge their electric cars at 122 locations, accounting for nearly 250 charging points in total. Never before have they been used so often as in the month of October, according to information from the regional traffic agency Brussels Mobility...

Carrefour has announced that it will freeze the prices of thousands of its products until 31 December, after the Christmas season. Prizes will be frozen for more than 20,000 items in its hypermarkets and more than 10,000 in its Market and Express stores as a way to avoid potential criticism...

In the first ten months of 2020, the Brussels Prosecutor's Office has already opened 103 cases of suicide. That's almost as many as in the whole of 2019, when the office dealt with 106 suicide cases and the same number recorded in the whole of 2017. Experts say that the coronavirus crisis is a...

A motorist attacked a cyclist in Anderlecht at the weekend, spitting in her face and pulling out a wad of her hair. The experience only got worse when the cyclist reported the incident to police. Tine Schuermans, 28, and a friend were riding together in a narrow street, when a driver began to...

What do Belgium and the Czech Republic have in common? They both sell a lot of beer. Beer is famously cheaper than water in the Czech Republic, and it is also the country with the highest beer consumption per capita in the world . Find out what all the fuss is about during Beer Superpowers , an...

Conservation agency Natuurpunt has launched its annual Bos voor Iedereen, or Forests for Everyone, campaign – but has made it even easier for citizens to help plant a forest of trees. The campaign normally invites residents of Flanders to come out and help plant a woodland. The agency identifies...

At least 170 drivers are suing the Stib Brussels public transport company for not being able to exercise their right of withdrawal from work freely in May during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Several drivers refused to work after their requests were denied, due to what they claim was...

The Flemish village of Puurs-Sint-Amands near Antwerp is hoping to bring a bit of extra cheer to its inhabitants during these dark days by lighting up its streets with seasonal decorations and keeping the illuminations up throughout the winter to “brighten up lives and provide inspiration”. Despite...

The essence of the escape game concept is to solve a riddle to find the exit. This is now the real life challenge facing many escape game businesses which, until the coronavirus pandemic took hold, were booming. Now they have to find a way out of a crisis which has seen around 25 establishments...