The seasonal feasting is not over. Bakeries across the land have replaced their yuletide logs with King cakes, galette des rois (in French), Driekoningentaart( in Dutch). Celebrating Epiphany on 6 January - 12 days after Christmas - the almond pastry confections are typically shared between...

Environmental activism group Extinction Rebellion will this week announce details of a planned day of "mass civil disobedience" at the Brussels Car Show. The organisation will invite participants to join a protest at Brussels Expo on 18 January under the banner "Salon of Lies". Extinction Rebellion...

More than 4,700 people braved the 7°C water and joined the traditional New Year's dip in Ostend on Saturday afternoon. Taking the plunge in the North Sea has been a tradition at the Belgian coastal resort on the first Saturday of the year since 1987. A colourful crowd, many turning up in fancy...

BMW's car-sharing service DriveNow will cease trading in Brussels on 29 February, after "failing to convince enough people" to use it, management have announced. DriveNow will quit Brussels, London and Florence on the same date. The company acknowledged the "harsh reality" of the market and said...

The city council of the Brussels commune of Ixelles has decided that schools under its authority will no longer be allowed to organise visits to the Antwerp Zoo, the Planckendael animal park or any other location where non-native animal species are kept in enclosures. The Ixelles city council said...

Winter sales in Belgium begin this Friday and run until 31 January, with shops offering big discounts to get rid of old stock. January is one of only two periods in the year when shops are legally allowed to sell products at a loss to clear stock. The summer sales are in July. "Many traders will...

Following 185 administrative and 26 judicial arrests by police during New Year’s Eve disturbances, six people have so far been charged by the Brussels prosecutor. Three are accused of theft, the other three face charges of domestic violence, among others, according to the prosecutor’s office...

January is Jazz month in Brussels - or Jazzuary as they like to call it. There are three festivals, the Brussels Jazz Festival , the River Jazz Festival and the Djangofollies. First up is the Brussels Jazz Festival which takes place at Flagey starting on 9 January for 10 days of jazz of every kind...