Belgian ministers have approved the construction of a fifth European School in Brussels - on the former Nato site in Evere. The new school could open in 2021, using temporary facilities with room for 1,500 students, while building work is completed on permanent school buildings that would...

Whether you want to watch a 1930s Hollywood musical, a 1920s German silent movie, a gritty documentary from the 1970s or just about any period and style film in pristine conditions, you'll find it at Cinematek. The Royal Cinémathèque of Belgium, known as Cinematek since 2009, was founded in 1938...

There were mutterings of black armbands being worn to the Brexit farewell event Brussels Calling organised by the city of Brussels on Thursday evening. But as the grey drizzle petered out, an afterwork crowd of sad, albeit jovial Brits and sympathisers assembled in the Grand Place on the eve of the...

The three doctors accused of murder in the euthanasia case in Ghent have been declared not guilty by the jury. The jury of 12 reached its decision last night after hearing final arguments in a case that has dominated the news for weeks. Physician Joris Van Hove, an unnamed physician and...

Here's a pub quiz question for you: how many stops on the Brussels public transport network are named after British places or people? The Stib has bid farewell to the UK in the European Union, with a video showing some of them - including Churchill, Darwin and Montgomery. Several stops also carry...

Inspectors from the federal department of the economy have confiscated 34 works from the Brafa Art Fair currently underway at Tour & Taxis. Together with customs officers, the inspectors made the decision to seize the works, which had already been flagged up by the fair organisers. The annual...

An average 150 people a day are using the app MyBEnefits to prove that they are eligible for discounts or special rates. The app was launched one year ago by social affairs minister Maggie De Block. Of Belgium’s 11 million residents, some two million have the right to economic concessions in a...

Bozar’s Bach Heritage Festival puts the work of the 18th-century composer in a contemporary light. There are some wonderfully unique concerts here, such as Partita for Violin No 2 on mandolin and Free Bach, in which a baroque ensemble and a theatre collective mix flamenco, electronica and poetry to...

Brussels City Hall will be lit up in the colours of the British flag on Thursday night, as the city puts on a big farewell event on the eve of Brexit. The "Brussels Calling" get-together will feature live music and celebrate "the long friendship between the people of Brussels and the British". A...

Household rubbish collections will be disrupted on Thursday due to a strike by workers at Bruxelles Propreté, the SLFP trade union has announced. There were piles of uncollected bin bags on the streets when Bruxelles Propreté last walked out on strike in November over proposed changes to working...