The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) has announced its new fellows for the next three years, a co-operation between the Dutch-speaking university and leaders from the public and private sectors. This eighth edition of the Fellowship programme sees 22 people from outside the academic world involved...

The federal government began an operation last week to repatriate six Belgian youngsters from Syria. The decision, announced by federal foreign affairs minister Didier Reynders, follows years of debate about whether the children, taken to Syria by parents loyal to the Islamic State (IS), should be...

You've cycled through the water in Limburg, now you can cycle through the trees. The province’s latest creative bike experience has opened, 10 metres up in the air among the branches. The looping path – 700m long and 3m wide – is in the Bosland woodland park, near stage 272 of the region-wide...

A pleasant afternoon spent wandering in the Marolles just got even better with Bruegel Meets Street Art, one of the citywide events to mark the 450th anniversary of the death of the famous artist. Bruegel and Brussels are inextricably linked, especially the Marolles district. Bruegel lived there...

Activists from 25 animal welfare groups protested outside Pairi Daiza animal park on Sunday against the planned arrival of polar bears. The bears are expected by the end of this year, as part of a new exhibition called "Land of the Cold". They will have 5,000m² of outdoor space and two water basins...

A poster has been placed at the site of a hit-and-run road incident in Schaerbeek, suggesting street prostitution is the way "to slow male drivers down". A 14-year-old girl on her way to school was seriously injured when she was hit by a car on the corner of Rue Waelhem and Chaussée de Helmet. She...

Leuven city council is considering a ban on all unsolicited junk mail, in an effort to control its impact on the waste collection system. The proposal comes alongside a new tax on unaddressed mail delivered in the city. In Leuven, as in the rest of Flanders, householders are bombarded with...

A Belgian phenomenon that travelled around the world, Dinner in the Sky is back in Brussels for 11 days. This time the suspended dining room will be hanging next to the National Basilica in Koekelberg and will feature 13 different starred chefs from Brussels for both lunch and dinner. It’s the...

The Brussels International Film Festival ( Briff ) is back and its second edition from 20-29 June looks like it will live up to the splash of last year’s first edition. With the renovation of the Place de Brouckère completed, the festival big top and its terrace will have plenty of room to anchor...

Ghent University is opening a new museum that will display its scientific collection, to show the visitor that “science is the result of falling and getting up again, doubt and imagination”. The museum, to be known as GUM, will open in March next year, coinciding with the opening of a major Van...