There will be no fireworks display this New Year's Eve in the centre of Brussels, announced mayor Yvan Mayeur ( pictured ) on the advice of OCAD, the supervisory body for the terror threat level in the city, reports VRT Nieuws. There had been uncertainty for several weeks around the traditional New...

Due to the raised terror alert level in Brussels police stations from level two to three as of Monday evening, the City has announced that it will take extra security measures on New Year's Eve, including closing off several streets in the city centre. The streets will be closed off to the public...

A soldier caught by a passer-by doing Christmas shopping while on duty has received the support of members of the emergency services. The soldier, photographed by a member of the public on De Brouckèreplein in Brussels carrying a shopping bag, has been suspended from his duties. Belgium’s military...

Jan Bucquoy's famous Underwear Museum in Brussels will close its doors at the end of this year. The curator is searching for an alternative location. The museum is located in Rue des Eperonniers, not far from the Grand Place, above the legendary café De Dolle Mol. The café, a real institution in...

Belgium this year met the European day limit for particulate matter at all measuring sites, the first time since 1997, according to data from IRCEL (Interregional Cell for the Environment). Flanders and Brussels already met the norm in 2014, and Wallonia joined them this year, writes De Morgen ...

Unions representing rail workers have postponed a 72-hour strike planned for 21, 22 and 23 January, to allow students to travel to universities and university colleges to take exams during that period. The strike due to take place on 6 and 7 January will go ahead. When the five days of strikes were...

Brussels' iconic digital billboard at Place de Brouckère, Belgium's largest, was hacked for a short time at the weekend, displaying a troll face instead of the usual Coca-Cola logo, reports Brusselnieuws. A film first took over the immense screen, showing an English-speaking duo entering the...

The Privacy Commission has criticised a new database of terrorist suspects and extremists, part of a package of measures agreed by the government two weeks ago. The federal home affairs and justice ministers had asked the commission for advice. According to the commission, too many services are to...

The internationally acclaimed Belgian photographer Marc Lagrange, 57, was killed on Friday during a holiday on the Canary Island of Tenerife, where Lagrange arrived the same day with his girlfriend and son, write various Belgian media. The circumstances of the accident have not been confirmed, but...

The various social partners in Belgium have reached an agreement for the development of a framework that regulates night work for Belgian webshops. The federal government hopes the new regulation will lead to more job creation. Online retailers will soon be able to process their orders overnight on...