A film awards ceremony that was created to reignite Belgians' interest in their country's cinema is preparing to celebrate its 10th edition. The Magritte awards were conceived because, although heralded around the world with filmmakers such as the Dardenne Brothers, Jaco Van Dormael or Chantal...

The sale and use of laughing gas for recreational purposes is set to be banned in all 19 Brussels municipalities from April. Discarded metal canisters of nitrous oxide are a common sight on the region's streets as the chemical is increasingly popular among young people for its euphoric effects...

The Council for People with a Disability have announced that it will be at least another 30 years until Belgian trains are accessible for people in wheelchairs and with other forms of reduced mobility. The announcement was in response to the SNCB ordering three new trains in addition to a large...

Registrations are open for the fourth edition of Tournée Minérale, the challenge to go alcohol-free for one month. Last year, some 20% of all adults in Belgium signed on to the initiative, which takes place in February. Restaurants and bars get in on the action by creating new alcohol-free...

The latest addition to Brussels' new 3,000m² food destination, Wolf, has opened - with the inauguration of an organic supermarket at the weekend. The Food Hub features fresh produce from more than 40 small and medium producers and co-ops, who are supplying vegetables, fruit, dairy products, baked...

Flanders' employment and training agency, VDAB, reports that there were more job vacancies in 2019 than in any other year in the organisation’s history. Over the course of the year, the agency listed 292,233 jobs. That figure is 2% higher than in 2018, good for a record year. Compared to a decade...

Brussels' 19th edition of Winter Wonders attracted a record number of visitors, breaking the three million mark for the first time. The annual attraction, including Christmas market and ice rink, recorded an attendance figure of 3.4 million people, organisers have announced. The figure is a 14%...

Car-sharing service Cambio will branch out into bicycle rental next year - with a new range of electric cargo bikes. The new scheme is targeted at users who have heavy or bulky items to move around the city, but who might prefer two wheels over a car. From 2021, about 15 electric bikes with cargo...

The crowds were out in Auderghem on Saturday for what is claimed to be Belgium's only Christmas-tree throwing competition. The contest, now in its sixth year, was founded by the owner of a local flower shop, who was faced with a surplus of unsold trees. "This is a very serious sporting event,"...

Caroline Pauwels has announced that she will run for re-election as the rector of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). Pauwels has been the Dutch-language university’s rector since 2016. “This position is reinforced by the success of the previous rectorate,” said Pauwels, “and can only succeed if...