Previously unreleased Marvin Gaye recordings have been found in Belgium, where the soul singer lived for a few months in 1981. The recordings were found in Ostend, the BBC reports, along with notes by the American artist. Gaye died on 1 April 1984 in a violent fight with his father. He recorded...

Voting has been compulsory in Belgium since 1893. But now, the Flemish government has ruled that this will no longer be the case in Flanders for this year’s municipal and provincial elections taking place on 13 October. Astrid Roelandts, a journalist with Het Laatste Nieuws, told RTL that this will...

Bruxelles-Propreté, the capital's waste management and public cleanliness organisation, is to begin experimenting with artificial intelligence (AI) technology to check the amount of dirt on Brussels’ pavements and roads. "Today, for example, a street is cleaned three times a week, no matter how...

Hundreds of European Commission staff how started moving to the North Light building near Brussels-North station, despite protests about security problems in the area. In December 2023, the then secretary of state Pascal Smet, responsible for urbanism and heritage, wanted European officials to move...

An indefinite strike across Belgian prisons began on Monday as unions condemning overcrowding and a lack of solutions. While the strike has no set end, “we're probably in for a week,” predicted Gregory Wallez, general secretary of the CGSP Justice union. Unions activated the strike notice after a...

News outlets in Belgium ran a number of joke headlines in keeping with April Fools tradition but, as Belgium excels in surrealism, other news stories that seemed to be part of the gag were, in fact, real. La Libre announced that French-speakers would have to go to school on Saturday mornings - a...

The D Festival is a vibrant showcase of the contemporary dance scene in Brussels, and the 12th edition from 3 to 13 April is no exception. A total of six performances, including five new works, explore various aspects of human experience, from migration and identity to emotional challenges...

British retailer HMV is opening a new music shop in Brussels on 12 April in the City2 shopping centre on Rue Neuve. HMV has shops in the UK, Ireland, Japan and Antwerp, Belgium. It was founded in 1921, when it was known as His Master's Voice, after the famous Francis Barraud painting. Brussels will...