Staff at Flemish public transport operator De Lijn will meet management on Tuesday in an attempt to bring an end to a week-long strike that has disrupted services around Brussels' suburbs. A mediator has been appointed to help management and unions reach an agreement. Meanwhile about 10% of buses...

The First World War centenary years saw media attention around the world turn to Ypres and the battlefields of West Flanders. With that attention brought a huge increase in tourists. Had you visited in 2014, for example, you’d have been one of almost 800,000 people paying their respects at military...

If still alive today, famous Belgian Surrealist René Magritte would have lived next door to Belgium's first museum dedicated to abstract art - and only the fourth of its kind in the world. From 1930-1954, Magritte lived and worked in a modest terraced house at Rue Esseghem 135 in Jette. Thanks to...

Set off across the English Channel to this rocky outpost off the naval city of Portsmouth that’s ideal for a slice of island life. Once a traditional bucket-and-spade family holiday location, the Isle of Wight is now a cool destination with alternative accommodation, fresh seafood and a happening...

A remarkable collection of manuscripts assembled by Irish friars living in Leuven in the 17th century has been reunited, thanks to an international digitisation project. The whole collection is now available online for scholars to study, and to inspire anyone interested in Irish history and...

While it seems like eons ago, it’s only been three years since those orange ticket validators disappeared from Stib buses, trams and metro stations. And they didn’t wind up in a landfill: They have all been repurposed. So should you have need of a key cabinet, have we got good news for you. Staff...

Brussels-based Syrian refugee Obada Otabashi (pictured, above) was one of the three top winners at the first European MoneyGram Awards 2019 on Thursday evening. The awards ceremony in Brussels rewarded migrant entrepreneurs for supporting local economies and reinforcing integration in Belgium,...

Is Belgium one of the happiest countries in the Europe? Apparently so, according to a poll by Eurostat published this week. The EU's official statistics body asked people across the member states how often they felt happy - from "constantly" to "never". The in-between stages were "most of the time...

Dutch- language testing should begin in nursery school, according to Ben Weyts, the new education minister in the government of Flanders. This will enable teachers to catch children whose Dutch skills are not up to the mark before they go on to primary school. “Dutch is the key to acquiring...