New 100kph signs have gone up on the Brussels ring, as a reduced speed limit comes into force on 1 September. The speed restriction applies to the portions of the ring road in the Brussels region and Flanders, in order to increase safety, improve air quality and help reduce noise pollution. However...

Belgium is 100m² smaller than it was last week. When paving work in the street marking the border with the Netherlands began in Essen, Antwerp province, last week, the commission dealing with the maintenance of the border markers found that the border post turned out to be about a metre too far...

According to the King Baudouin Foundations’ Digital Inclusion Barometer, four in 10 Belgians have weak digital skills and a full 55% do not carry out administrative tasks, such as banking, online. The coronavirus crisis has “made it crystal clear just how crucial digital inclusion is,” said the...

The commune of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert has received almost €33,000 in response to a call for voluntary donations while giving away free masks to residents. During the lockdown, the municipality suggested that residents might like to contribute a little something for their masks directly into the...

Flemish extreme sports enthusiast Matthieu Bonne started on a journey yesterday that has never before been attempted: to swim the North Sea along the entire length of Belgium. Bonne ( pictured ) is a lifeguard who runs marathons, climbs mountains and became the 18th Belgian to swim the English...

A team of firefighters called to put out a fire in a skip in Molenbeek yesterday evening were pummelled with glass bottles. The bottle were thrown down from the roof of a building. The team had just arrived at the scene on Avenue Mahatma Gandhi, near the Osseghem metro station, and had no trouble...

If 2020 has taught us anything, it is that life is much more unpredictable than we thought. Hence Les Brigittines’ Unpredictable Saturdays , where you’ll see a little of this and a little of that. A short film, maybe, followed by music and performance art. Or maybe something else entirely. The only...

More than 3,000 people in Tervuren are fighting plans to build a new McDonald’s outlet next to the British School of Brussels and Museum of Central Africa. A decision by Tervuren’s environment service on McDonald's application to add to its 88 existing restaurants in Belgium is expected on 11...

Brussels, unlike just about all other European cities, has not had an outdoor swimming pool since the 1970s. This must change, according to Ecolo/Green party’s Benoît Hellings, responsible for sport at the City of Brussels. “With systematic periods of heat, we must guarantee access to water for...