Following a day in which another pedestrian was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Brussels, Belgian road safety agency Vias has released figures showing the rate of the crime is indeed growing. The rate of hit-and-run incidents involving injuries to pedestrians, cyclists or people in other cars has...

Liesbeth Homans (N-VA) gave the traditional address of the minister-president on Wednesday, the eve of Flemish Community Day. Homans has been appointed minister-president ad interim until a Flemish government forms, following the May elections. Flanders’ annual holiday falls on 11 July in...

Japanese auto manufacturer Toyota will carry out its first European test of a self-driving car in Brussels. Tests have been carried out thus far only in Japan and the US. For the next 13 months, a Lexus LS will drive itself around the streets of Brussels on a fixed route. There will be both a...

An investigative report by Belgian broadcaster VRT has revealed that Google employees are listening to people’s private exchanges through the Google Home device and the Google Assistant app on smartphones. The report aired on VRT News yesterday evening. Google Home and Google Assistant are voice-...

Five years ago, Dalilla Hermans published an open letter on a then little-known news site describing her experiences growing up and living in Flanders. Born in Rwanda but adopted by a Flemish couple as a toddler, Hermans catalogued the verbal and physical abuse she’d been through over the years, in...

There’s no shortage of music festivals in Belgium, you might have noticed, but they tend to come with a high ticket price. Not Brosella. This wonderful summer festival in Parc d’Osseghem will only cost you a fiver a day, and you get several acts on two stages. Saturday features folk music,...

Brussels' smallest municipality, Saint-Josse, will allow some town hall staff to work four days a week from next year - in an experiment that could be extended to all staff at a later date. From January 2020, full-time municipal workers aged 55 and over can apply to reduce their working hours,...

De Valera's Irish pub on Place Flagey is preparing to reopen next month, La Dernière Heure newspaper has revealed. The popular pub shut down in May 2018 due to a rent hike. Since then, the premises have been unoccupied - but "coming soon" signs can now be seen in the windows. Audrey Lhoest, the...

A mobile application to help women report incidents of sexual harassment around Brussels has been discontinued due to lack of funding. Touche Pas à Ma Pote (don't touch my friend) made it possible to alert police - and other nearby app users - to incidents of street harassment and sexual violence...

Homeowners with CCTV cameras outside their property have been warned to declare them now - or face a potentially hefty fine from next year. Belgium updated its law on surveillance technology last year, in response to the growth of security mobile apps and cloud storage. The transition period for...