Beursschouwburg kicks off its three-month Let Me Know series with a festive opening weekend of (mostly) free events. Let Me Know is an answer to opinions and prejudices thrown around as facts, something that has always been with us but has never been so prevalent as in the social media age. The...

If you're looking to rent an affordable home in the Brussels region, head west to Jette or Berchem-Saint-Agathe. That's according to new data from the Flemish real estate federation CIB Vlaanderen, which has compiled a league table of average rents around Brussels for the first time. The average...

Today is Grey Day in Belgium, the symbolic day that we can no longer provide green energy to power the country. In other words, if the country ran 100% on sustainably produced energy, it would have been used up by yesterday. Canvas, a channel belonging to public broadcaster VRT, founded Grey Day...

With the Asmara-Addis Literary Festival (In Exile), Sulaiman Addonia is honouring some of his greatest loves: Art, literature and his parents. The enduring story of his mother and father’s early romance is how he likes to remember them. Addonia, an author who lives in Brussels, never knew his...

Belgium is embarking on a major project to improve the websites for its public bodies - making them more user-friendly and accessible. All public organisations, including local councils, have until 23 September to make the necessary changes to their online presence. A federal government website -...

Police stopped 95 people drinking in public on the first weekend of a new alcohol ban in Brussels' downtown pedestrian zone. Since 1 February, drinking outdoors is banned between midnight and 6.00 in the morning around Boulevard Anspach, from Place Fontainas to Place de Brouckère. The ban also...

Manneken Pis was dressed up as a cancer patient on Tuesday to mark World Cancer Day. The statue donned a hospital gown and had an intravenous drip attached to him for a chemotherapy session. The costume was donated by the Belgian Foundation Against Cancer, in honour of the 350,000 patients in...

West Flanders has been given €1 million by the European Union to help the province negotiate the effects of Brexit. The money will support companies in sectors that are expected to experience difficulties because of the changing trading relationship between mainland Europe and the UK. The funds,...

Looking for a new job? Brussels public transport operator Stib has announced it is looking to hire 922 staff this year - and applications are now open . The recruitment plan includes posts for 528 bus drivers, 126 tram drivers and 41 metro drivers. Administrative, maintenance and security roles are...

Belgium's 160,000 domestic workers, who are paid using the service vouchers scheme, have have won a pay rise after walking out on strike. Cleaners and housekeepers will see their gross pay increase by 0.8%, back-dated to 1 January, after unions and employers reached an agreement this week...