Generation Zs are digital natives, the first to have grown up in a digitalised world. Born between the mid-1990s and the early 2000s, they are the generation after millennials and right now are aged between seven and 22. They are the biggest consumer cohort globally. Their oldest number are just...

Companies and researchers all over the world are increasingly interested in using toxins from animal venom to produce medicine. A small lab with unique expertise, tucked away in the village of Montroeul-au-Bois, Hainaut, provides them with venom from the most diverse animal species. It sounds...

A marathon speed check by police last week saw more than 30,000 drivers caught driving too fast. The total figure of 30,604 drivers represents 2.55% of the approximately 1.2 million cars checked during the nationwide initiative. Police confiscated 181 driving licences. This is the 12th time the 24-...

Last month saw the 450th anniversary of the death of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, an anniversary that has been marked with a year-long programme events around Flanders and Brussels dedicated to the Flemish Master. Now a new website has been launched to act as an online museum providing a complete...

You may have never heard of Griffo but his work is well worth discovering in a current exhibition at the Comic Book Museum entitled Signed Griffo . A graduate of the Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts, he travelled the world, doing very well as an advertising artist. He then returned to Belgium in 1980...

The Brussels-based cinema chain Kinepolis has been crowned Flanders’ Enterprise of the Year at a ceremony at Heizel. The company, which has 5,000 employees and dozens of theatres in nine countries, has enjoyed considerable growth in recent years. “Alongside the impressive expansion strategy, which...

Nawal Ben Hamou, the Brussels state secretary for equal opportunity, is to file a complaint over a hamburger advertisement that she said incited violence against women. She said she would file the complaint with the Jury for Ethical Practices in Advertising, which regulates the advertising industry...

DJ Eugene performs live at Place Luxembourg on 10 October from 18.00-22.00 to raise awareness of depression among young people on the international mental health day. The 12 Hours for Life event on Thursday sees the Viral bpm DJ spinning life-affirming tracks, including a playlist commemorating...

A local well-being centre has drawn attention to the growing problem of what they call “couchsurfers”, youths who stay with friends or relatives because they don’t have a home. The CAW Brussels centre for social work doesn’t keep figures on the number of couchsurfers, but notes that many of the...

Brussels’ regional tourism agency, visit.brussels, has developed two new guides to help make the city better- suited to the needs of people with reduced mobility. The first is the Handy Events Guide , a practical guide to help organisers make their outdoor events fully accessible. The guide is...