Looking for a summer job in Belgium? Walibi amusement park on the outskirts of Brussels has begun a recruitment drive for 600 seasonal staff. The park, in Wavre, is looking for people with a range of skills - from chefs and cleaners to receptionists, first-aiders and ride operators. Candidates will...

A growing number of fraudulent text messages are being sent to consumers, purporting to be from the emergency bank-card blocking service Card Stop, the Belgian banking federation Febelfin has warned. The SMS currently circulating informs the recipient that their debit or credit card has been...

The death of a student who drowned on New Year’s Eve has led to calls for better safety along the banks of the Brussels-Scheldt canal in Vilvoorde. Frederik Vanclooster, 21, is thought to have fallen into the canal after leaving a party at De Kruitfabriek, a waterside venue. After a major police...

The Brussels region’s bike-sharing scheme is losing users, who are turning to other mobility shares that allow more flexibility in picking up and dropping off. Villo, managed by the JC Decaux advertising agency under contract with the Capital-Region, saw a 20% dive in users last year compared to...

More details have emerged about Brussels' forthcoming 30kph zone, which is due to come into force on 1 January 2021. Brussels Mobility has published a map (PDF) showing which roads will be excluded from the 30kph general rule. A speed of 50kph will still be allowed on major roads including the...

The Brussels Mobility agency is planning more regulations for the shared taxi service Collecto following a report of sexual assault in November. Collecto is a co-operation among Brussels official taxi service Taxi Verts, Brussels Mobility and Stib. Users who have a Mobib card go to one of 200...

UK restaurant chain Wagamama is to open its second Belgian outlet in the pedestrian zone of Brussels in mid-February. The popular restaurant, specialising in Japanese-inspired noodle dishes and food, is present in Antwerp since 2005. Its Brussels branch will occupy the recently-inaugurated Crystal...

Belgian firefighters say they are ready to fly out to Australia to help battle the country's bushfires - but they have been told they have to wait. Belgium's emergency response team, B-Fast, was last sent out to an international disaster after the 2015 Nepal earthquake. But its deployment has to be...

Baby pandas and an extended winter opening have helped Pairi Daiza animal park achieve a record 2.16 million visitors last season, management have said. Visitor numbers were up 10% on the previous year, breaking the two million mark for the first time. The growth can be partly explained by the fact...

A four-year-old boy has died after falling from a third-floor window at his home on Place Flagey in Ixelles. According to the Brussels prosecutor's office, the evidence collected so far suggests it was a tragic accident. Emergency services were called out just before 19.00 on Saturday. The boy was...