Police arrested 185 activists from the Extinction Rebellion movement for an act of "civil disobedience" on the closing weekend of the Brussels Motor Show. The protesters targeted the stands of many of the major car brands, denouncing what they called "the lies of the automotive sector" and calling...

Staff at Flemish public broadcaster VRT have called a 24-hour strike next Monday in protest at the "unacceptable" dismissal of chief executive Paul Lembrechts. Some television programmes on 27 January will be replaced and radio stations are likely to play just music, Acod trade union rep Wies...

Belgium's first night train in more than 15 years will pull into Brussels Midi station on Monday morning, carrying passengers from Vienna. The Nightjet service set off from the Austrian capital on Sunday evening, with 15 stops along the way including Nuremberg, Frankfurt, Cologne and Liège. The new...

A driver and nine passengers were injured when their tram derailed in Schaerbeek and smashed into the side of a building. The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon on line 62, at the junction of Rue Rogier and Rue des Palais. The tram, heading towards Eurocontrol, came off the tracks as it turned a...

Smoking and drinking among young people is decreasing, according to the latest study by Flanders’ Alcohol and Drug expertise centre (VAD). However, they warn that the numbers are still too high and advise schools to carry out targeted prevention campaigns. Each year, VAD carries out a survey among...

All of Belgium’s supermarket groups have decided to stop selling kangaroo meat. Once current stocks are sold, it will disappear from all of the chains. Following discussions with animal rights group Gaia, the supermarkets decided to stop selling the meat based on the situation in Australia. While...

Most residents of Flanders’ art cities are happy to welcome tourists, a survey has found, but they are increasingly sensitive about being crowded out. Some 27% of those responding said their quality of life had suffered because of tourism, up on the 19% who complained when the survey was carried...

If the owner of the Horta Gallery gets his way, rail passengers will no longer be able to use the underground walkway to get from Central Station to Place d’Espagne (and vice-versa). Anthony Huerta wants to open a permanent attraction in the Gallery that would require the entrance to the space from...

As expected, August and Noella have found each other. Based on nocturnal footage recorded by the Flemish Agency for Nature and Woods, the two wolves have paired up. The male August has been roaming Limburg for about 18 months and had previously paired with Naya. The latter made headlines in 2018...

Witness the very first production of the new Greta Koetz Collective, where graduates of the Liège Royal Conservatory come together to produce theatre along the themes of emancipation and freedom. On est sauvage comme on peut puts a group of friends around a dinner table and moves them from small...