It's estimated that every inhabitant of the Brussels-Capital Region produces on average 1kg of waste a day. Multiply this by the 1.2 million people living in Brussels in 2017, and you’re left with an awful lot of rubbish. Recycling and reducing the amount we waste is clearly important. But it can...

While a vast majority of Brussels residents say they are perfectly willing and able to help out a neighbour with a task, just as many would be uncomfortable asking a neighbour for help. This disparity has been duly noted by the online platform Helpper, which pairs ‘helpers’ with ‘helpies’ all over...

Are you pretty darn proud of your Dutch-language skills? Then by all means, sign up for De Schrijfwijzen on 6 December. Formerly known as Het Groot Dictee (The Big Dictation), this annual event is beloved across Dutch-speaking Belgium. Thousands of people, including academics, politicians and...

"Yellow vest" demonstrators have been granted approval to march through Brussels' EU district on Saturday - to mark a year since their protest movement began. Police are expecting about 100 people to take part. The group will gather on Place du Luxembourg from 13.00 on Saturday and will set off at...

A ban on night-time street drinking around Brussels' central pedestrian zone will officially come into force on 1 February - for a trial period of six months. The City of Brussels has approved a decree stating that "the consumption of alcoholic beverages in public spaces, in any quantity whatsoever...

It’s been a busy week for Ganshoren mayor Pierre Kompany (cdH), and it’s only Tuesday. He has both presented his new autobiography and announced that he has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). The biography Du Congo à Ganshoren: Un destin incroyable (From...

Brussels-based chemical giant Solvay has come in ninth in the new Financial Times ranking of best employers when it comes to inclusion and diversity. The Diversity Leaders ranking is based on diversity of gender, age, ethnicity, disability and LGBT identity. The Financial Times applied the...

Today, people of almost 200 nationalities call Brussels home. Migration has long shaped the city, and it’s hard to imagine it without its international dimension. In celebration of that fact, a new museum in Molenbeek has collected the stories of some of the people who have travelled from far and...

As technology leaves an ever greater impact on the job market and the idea of a universal basic income gains ground, what does it mean for the future world of work? Networking club Full Circle invited four speakers to debate the issue at an interactive talk in Ixelles that took in workers’ rights,...

The southern Brussels commuter town of Tubize has been put forward by the Walloon region as the recommended location for Belgium's new national football stadium. The country's federal government, once formed, faces the task of deciding where should host major sporting events in the future - and the...