Brussels Airport is expecting more than 1.7 million passengers during the autumn holidays, which span several weeks due to the difference in the school calendars between the French-speaking and Dutch-speaking communities. “Traditional winter destinations remain very popular, but passengers are also...

British multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company GSK’s sites in Rixensart and Wavre (Walloon Brabant) have been blockaded by trade unions in response to planned layoffs. Management for the British group’s Belgian subsidiary - which is the largest private employer in Wallonia -...

Price hikes, reforms, protests, market consolidation — Belgium’s subsidised domestic service voucher system has long been the subject of intense debate. In Brussels, nine domestic workers have responded by founding an agency they co-own, Les Perles Rouges (The Red Pearls). It offers the same...

From sunlit gardens to World War One soldiers, the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK Gent) delves into the poetical world of impressionist artist Jenny Montigny (1875-1937). Born in the Flemish city, the location of the exhibition is in itself symbolic. Apparently, when Montigny was 16, she visited...

The annual edition of Museum Night Fever promises a wild night on Saturday with some 28 museums across the city opening their doors late for the occasion, while nightlife venues C12 and Botanique host two afterparties. The programme designed to entice a younger audience into the capital’s cultural...

Brussels Cello Festival celebrates its fifth edition at Flagey cultural centre from 30 October to 1 November with eight concerts by a top flight of musicians including new Queen Elisabeth cello winner Ettore Pagano . Just a few months after winning first prize at the prestigious competition, the 23...

Francis Halzen, who holds a PhD in physics from the Catholic University of Louvain, has just been awarded the prestigious 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics. Following François Englert (ULB), Halzen is the second Belgian to be honoured in this way for his work, which focused on particle physics. “It’s a...

The number of incidents in Brussels metro and train stations has fallen significantly since the start of the "Urban Shield" military operation in April, according to Belgium’s defence minister Theo Francken (N-VA). The operation has cost more than €4 million to date and entails deploying around 30...

Activists from Greenpeace Belgium climbed on to the roof of the European parliament in a protest denouncing skyrocketing energy costs and pollution and calling for an end to reliance on fossil fuels. The environmental organisation held the protest at Place du Luxembourg and the entrance to the...

The Brussels municipality of Forest is protesting against the planning permission granted for a 220-metre-high wind turbine in the neighbouring Flemish municipality of Drogenbos. “The effects of a 220-metre wind turbine doesn’t stop at a municipal boundary,” said Mayor Charles Spapens (PS). “It’s...