Rail services between Bruges and the Belgian coast will be suspended on the final weekend of January as major infrastructure works take place on the line managed by rail network operator Infrabel. The stoppage affects travellers heading to coastal areas such as Ostend, Blankenberge and Knokke,...

Discarded laughing gas (nitrous oxide) cylinders are turning up in growing numbers at Belgian recycling parks, despite a federal ban on recreational use. Waste processors warn that the trend is leading to dangerous explosions and costly damage, with the impact increasingly felt by local authorities...

Organisers of the Tomorrowland music festival are going ahead with plans to build the stages for this summer's festival with the same materials as in previous years - six months after a major fire destroyed the main stage, prompting an ongoing investigation into fire safety risks. The blaze, which...

Belgium’s Constitutional Court has refused to suspend planned cuts to long-term unemployment benefits, dismissing a major legal challenge before the reform takes effect - but unions say they are planning one last push to pursue full annulment of the changes in coming months. The Bart De Wever...

More than 300 employees at the Port of Antwerp have been suspended over the past year after failing new drug-related security screenings, part of an effort by authorities to tighten controls on organised crime within one of Europe’s largest freight hubs - and Europe’s largest drug hub. Since early...

Belgian health authorities have raised the national alert for respiratory infections to code orange, signalling a significant increase in cases this winter that is putting pressure on healthcare services. The escalation comes amid the official start of the seasonal influenza epidemic in the country...

Etterbeek, Koekelberg and Molenbeek are the latest municipalities in Brussels to raise taxes in an attempt to keep up with increasing expenses and declining federal and regional funding. Koekelberg has increased the surcharge on property tax, Bruzz reports, and the local element to personal income...

Brussels will receive €7.5 million for new police surveillance cameras, putting its budget on par with that of Antwerp. Some €25 million in federal funds will be distributed among other major Belgian cities and police zones in the country, according to interior minister Bernard Quintin (MR). “It’s...

Belgium’s agriculture minister David Clarinval (MR) has launched the purchase of vaccines against contagious nodular dermatitis (CND) to build up a national stockpile and be able to respond immediately if an outbreak is detected among cattle on Belgian territory or near its borders. Although it is...

The Toy Museum in Brussels is selling off its collection in order to clear out the building it was housed in, which is owned by the French Community Commission, Cocof. The museum was established more than 35 years ago by the late André Raemdonck, a passionate collector, but has been closed since...