Dozens of events and activities in May culminate this weekend in the Belgian Pride Parade, which winds through the centre of the capital. The LGBT+ community and their friends and allies are invited to the colourful, noisy event that sees floats and groups marching, dancing and waving in...

A uniform 90kph speed limit should be be imposed on all of the Brussels ring road to reduce accidents, traffic jams and pollution, according to the mayor of Vilvoorde. Hans Bonte said the current regulations were confusing motorists and causing stop-start traffic. Most of the ring has a 120kph...

Th e Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) has unveiled the Circular Retrofit Lab, a fancy name for a simple concept – renovating using only reusable materials. Eight student rooms on its campus in Etterbeek have been outfitted with materials that can be removed, changed and reused – even in other...

In the run-up to the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia on Friday, Ilga Europe has published its Rainbow Index. Belgium repeats its performance as the second-best place out of 49 European countries for quality of life for the LGBT+ community. Malta again came in first...

A Belgian sparkling wine has surprised judges by beating a range of French champagnes to win a top award at a world wine competition in Brussels. The 2014 Cuvée Prestige from Chant d'Éole in Guévy was named this year's "revelation" at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles. It is the first time in the...

Three-dimensional zebra crossings are being painted on several roads in Flanders, in an experiment to see whether they make drivers slow down. The trompe l'oeil design was first tested out in Schaerbeek in 2017, and was inspired by an initiative in Iceland. The Flemish roads agency AWV has now...

Location, location, location. That’s what a new study on shopping habits among Brussels residents amounts to. A large majority – 87% – of purchases, from groceries to shoes to sofas, are carried out in the region itself. Most of the rest happen just over the border, in towns like Zaventem and...

Trains through Brussels were severely delayed on Tuesday - and some services will continue to be affected on Wednesday - after a lineside fire in an electricity box outside North Station. The fire broke out at about 6.30 on Tuesday morning, prompting a power cut. No trains ran between North and...

Belgians have been paying too much for their Jupiler - prompting a €200 million fine for brewer AB InBev from the European Commission. The world's biggest brewer, which is based in Leuven, was found to have abused its dominant position in the Belgian beer market. Its best-selling beer brand,...

A 41-year-old man has become the first person in Brussels to die in an accident involving an electric scooter, the public prosecutor's office has announced. The man was found by passers-by on the Chaussée de Haecht in Schaerbeek, seriously injured next to the scooter. CCTV images suggest no other...