Mauto Défense, a Brussels non-profit organisation that defends the rights of motorists, is taking the region to court over the temporary cycle paths installed last spring during the corona crisis exit strategy. The organisation claims that the car lanes were converted to cycle lanes illegally. Last...

The family of 17-year-old Mehdi Bouda, who died after he was hit by a police car in central Brussels in August 2019, have announced that they intend to keep fighting their case after the Brussels prosecutor’s office announced it will not be bringing charges against any of the parties involved in...

One in four people worldwide, and one in six in the European Union, will experience a mental illness at some point in their lifetime. Despite this, mental health services are the most underfunded aspect of public health across low- and high-income countries alike. Grave neglect for these services...

The braking function on most electric scooters sold in the EU is “abominable” and they also “cannot be used in the rain”. That is the conclusion of a thorough investigation by Belgian consumer organisation Test Achats, which bought and tested 11 models of electric scooters. One of the 11 had to be...

It sounds pretty niche, but the programme of the Belgian-Mexican queer video and performance festival Homografìa/Homography is bursting at the seams with interesting stuff. The nomadic festival is landing in Brussels for the second time and Is terribly ambitious for its two-day run. Film,...

Belgium is not yet adequately protecting human rights, according to anti-discrimination organisation unia, the Belgian Federal Migration Centre (Myria) and the country’s Anti-Poverty, Risk and Social Exclusion Service in a report presented to the United Nations. The three organisations on Thursday...

Around 2,000 people demonstrated on Wednesday morning at the Schuman end of the Rue de la Loi, in the heart of the European district in Brussels, to denounce Azerbaijan's attacks on Armenia. The protest, which started at 8.00 and finished three hours later, halted traffic on Avenue d’Auderghem and...

Real estate activity in Belgium was very strong in the third quarter of 2020, after a sharp fall in March, April and early May, according to the real estate barometer published on Thursday by the Royal Federation of Belgian Notaries (Fednot). However, the number of transactions in the first nine...

A majority of Brussels households do not have a car, according to a new report compiled by Belgian statistical agency Statbel. The new report shows that 289,952 Brussels households are without a car, accounting for 53% of households. Most other households have one car (38%), and a small proportion...

A new mural in honour of the care workers and hospital staff on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic has appeared in the Marolles district of Brussels. The 22m long and six-metre-wide painting, designed by the art collective 7e Gauche in collaboration with the City of Brussels, the Visit...