Brussels public transport operator Stib is looking for 2,000 volunteers to test out its new mobile app. The app, called MaaS (mobility as a service) is not due to go public until the end of next year. It will offer a more intelligent journey planner, combining multiple forms of transport including...

A man has gone on trial accused of hacking Brussels Airlines' booking system to obtain free flights to New York worth almost €20,000. The 25-year-old appeared in Mechelen criminal court on Monday to answer charges of computer hacking. Brussels Airlines has registered as a civil claimant in the case...

UPDATE 3 MARCH: Jane Goodall's trip to Belgium has been cancelled due to coronavirus concerns. The organisation hopes to reschedule for later this year. The world-famous anthropologist and chimpanzee specialist Jane Goodall will be in Hasselt next week to personally accept an honorary doctorate...

Anyone who wandered through the Galeries Saint-Hubert in the centre of Brussels at the weekend couldn’t have missed the striking white carpets completely constructed of origami edelweiss. The installation was created by volunteers with RaDiOrg, a Belgian non-profit dedicated to rare diseases...

Belgian authorities have confirmed six new cases of coronavirus. The newly infected people had all returned to Belgium from travelling in northern Italy. "Today is the start of a crucial week, with the consequences of people returning from holidays," federal health minister Maggie De Block told a...

A record number of UK nationals attended the seventh Brexit briefing organised by the British Embassy and the Brussels British Community Association at ING Marnix on 25 February. It was the first information session in Brussels since the UK’s departure from the EU on 31 January, with the current...

More than 5,000 people joined a far-left PTB/PVDA party demonstration in central Brussels on Sunday to express "anger" at Belgium's political elite. According to police estimates, the march attracted 5,550 participants. The organisers put the figure at closer to 10,000. The "Great Anger"...

BMW's car-sharing scheme, DriveNow, has said farewell to its Brussels users and ceased trading. Saturday was the service's last day, with customers receiving a reminder email saying: "We want to take a moment to express our appreciation for the role you played in launching self-service car sharing...

The Brussels commune of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert has banned anyone who has recently travelled in a coronavirus-affected area from accessing local schools and other municipal buildings. The measure has been condemned as "totally disproportionate" by Belgium's federal health minister Maggie De Block. It...

The federal government is meeting today to discuss the risks of the spread of coronavirus in the country after two people diagnosed with coronavirus were reported to have travelled through Belgium. Brussels South Charleroi Airport announced on Sunday that it was activating the third phase of its...