Protecting crops like potatoes using natural solutions instead of harmful pesticides, without compromising the yield: that’s the goal of an award-winning Walloon enterprise. Today’s agricultural sector falls into two major categories based on two strategies. There is the traditional one, using...

The British Embassy in Belgium advises all of its nationals to ensure that their identity documents are in order and that they sign up to the UK government’s Living in Belgium Guide . The guide provides information on the UK’s exit from the EU, residency, healthcare, driving, working, studying and...

Aimed at children but also much enjoyed by adults, SuperVliegSuperMouche is Brussels’ art festival for families. Organised by Wiels, it takes place outdoors in the Parc de Forest and features hundreds of artists, dancers, circus performers, magicians, musicians, and even farm animals as well as a...

Join Belgium’s British community for a celebration of summer at the Royal Brussels Cricket Club in Lasne-Ohain on Sunday 16 June. Following the success of its first garden party in 2018, the Brussels British Community Association is inviting expats and locals alike to enjoy a fun day out and raise...

While Belgium's French and Dutch-speaking communities voted very differently in last month's elections, their views on most of the main politicial issues are broadly the same, according to a new study jointly conducted by five Belgian universities. The election results favoured right-wing parties N...

Two Brussels pizza restaurants have been voted among the best in Europe (outside of Italy) in a new poll. Pizza Bella, on Rue Lebeau in the Sablon district, came 24th in the league table drawn up by 50toppizza, an Italian initiative supported by brands including San Pellegrino. La Piola Pizza, on...

A driverless bus will carry passengers around Woluwe Park this summer - in the Stib's first experiment with self-driving transport. The mini-bus has room for just six people seated and another six standing. It will work a 1.5km route through the park, with five stops, and its speed will be limited...

Two years after 30 people spent a month in quarantine to test out polio vaccines, the University of Antwerp has revealed encouraging results in the fight to eradicate the disease. In 2017, researchers at UAntwerp unveiled Poliopolis ( pictured ), a container village created to house two groups of...

Hamsters from the Netherlands are being introduced to Flanders to top up the creatures’ gene pool. Flanders’ own wild hamsters are struggling to survive, as their natural habitat is under threat and the population has shrunk to a size where inbreeding is becoming a serious risk to their health. The...

A new electric moped-sharing scheme launches in Brussels this month, with 600 vehicles available to hire. Dutch company Felyx is expanding to the Belgian capital from mid-June, focusing on Brussels-City, Ixelles, Saint-Gilles, Etterbeek and Uccle. Felyx co-founder Quentin Selhorst said the presence...