A waffle vendor in the tourist-laden Manneken Pis neighbourhood has taken a nearby shop to court over what it says is a lack of a permit to sell waffles. According to L’Echo newspaper, La Funambule, a waffle seller on Rue de Tabora, says that OG, which is actually a souvenir shop right next to the...

Works will finally begin this summer on the landmark Bourse building on Boulevard Anspach. The city has been discussing for years how to transform the building into a tourist attraction with a focus on Belgian beer. The plans are finally ready, and they show that the ground floor of the Bourse will...

Passengers flying from Brussels Airport on Friday should arrive at the terminal early, because of a work-to-rule by border guards. Long queues at passport control are likely, as police protest about a lack of personnel and resources. The industrial action comes on a busy day for Brussels Airport...

A discovery made by researchers at KU Leuven in 2004 is now helping to combat the coronavirus in China. The antimalarial medication Chloroquine is currently part of a drug trial in China and is greatly relieving the symptoms of the coronavirus, helping patients get better more quickly. A team of...

The Anima film festival is a highlight on Europe’s animation calendar, with professionals travelling in to pitch projects to producers, take master classes and search for partners for their projects. Belgium is in fact a major player in the sector, with its stellar animation studios. But none of...

Vilvoorde is removing all of the portraits of Belgian monarchs from its city hall aside from those of the current king and queen, Philippe and Mathilde. The city council made the decision in order to rid itself of portraits of Leopold II. The infamous Leopold II was the king who made the Congo his...

Farmers will bring their tractors to Brussels' EU district on Thursday in a protest to coincide with a special European budget summit. Several agricultural unions plan to take part in the demonstration in the "free expression zone" on the Rue de la Loi between Schuman roundabout and Cinquantenaire...

A Brussels collective has carried out a social experiment on the metro to see how passengers react to anti-Asian racism following the Coronavirus outbreak. The latest video from "Would You React?" show three passengers of Asian origin face verbal abuse from two fellow passengers. The participants...

Belgium is the eighth best country in the world to bring up children, according to a new international report published today. A committee of experts from the World Health Organisation, Unicef and medical journal The Lancet looked at the prospects for the future of young generations in 180...

A cross-border agreement to preserve the landscape along the Flemish coast has been signed by the French and Flemish authorities. The aim is to create a single, cross-border nature conservation area, protecting the dunes between Dunkirk in France and Westende in Flanders. “Internationally speaking...