Belgian contemporary artist Arne Quinze has donated a large-scale painting to his local hospital in Ghent as a thank you to health workers during the coronavirus crisis. “I want to reach out to all the healthcare workers risking their lives for our sanity during these bizarre times. I'd like to...

A large majority of people who can work from home are doing so under the coronavirus shutdown, and those aged 65 and older are following the regulations much more stringently than the other generations. Those are two findings of a survey carried out by Antwerp University. Some 560,000 people living...

Good old Belgium. Twelve days of we’re-not-supposed-to-call-it-a-lockdown, and brewers have come to the realise that, while we have plenty of toilet paper, we are fast running out of beer. So Brussels brewers have started home deliveries. Not only does this lessen your time at the supermarket, but...

Dutch language testing in nursery schools will be introduced in the 2021-22 school year, under legislation adopted by the government of Flanders. The aim, says education minister Ben Weyts, is to catch children whose Dutch skills are not up to the mark before they go on to primary school. Beginning...

The coronavirus pandemic is an unprecedented crisis affecting everyone around the world. Belgium followed other European countries in introducing a raft of measures aimed at curbing its spread, including strict rules about staying at home, as well as social distancing. We have all experienced...

Brussels-City has turned drinking water fountains on a little early in response to calls from organisations that work with the homeless. The municipality turns the fountains off for the winter, normally reconnecting them in April. The homeless have had a difficult time getting to food and water...

While most university students have been sent home because of the coronavirus, those studying nursing and other healthcare disciplines are being urged to go ahead with internships and other work placements. The only condition is that the hospitals protect the students as they would their regular...

With all public social activities curtailed for the next three weeks, businesses, museums, schools and event organisers are coming up with new ways to reach consumers – and people are finding productive new ways to pass the time. Here are some of our favourites so far. Learn at home Schools and...

Brewery Alken-Maes has launched a campaign asking beer drinkers to support their favourite bar during the shutdown of the food and drink sector caused by the coronavirus outbreak. All bars and restaurants are closed until at least 5 April in an attempt to stop the spread of the virus. The Café-...

They gave everyone a couple of days to get used to the idea, and now the Brussels-Ixelles police zone is handing out fines to people in groups of three or more. They also administered fines today to the owners of non-essential shops who were open despite the ban. On Tuesday evening, the federal...