The Brussels commune of Saint-Gilles has changed its plan for the redevelopment of 'the Parvis', its main square, in response to pressure from the community after locals started a petition against the initial plan's intent to fell nearly all of the square's trees. According to the updated plan, the...

AirBsit is a new app that brings Brussels babysitters in touch with parents who are planning a night out. The concept is the brainchild of two working moms from Brussels, Géraldine and Donatienne. So far, more than 700 babysitters have registered via the app. In just a few clicks, airBsit shows...

Belgium is anything but the failed state it was made out to be in the international media following the terror attacks in Paris on 13 November, former US Ambassador to Belgium Howard Gutman ( pictured ) told television news programme De Zevende Dag. "The only failure Belgium has had, is that it let...

The Schuman roundabout in Brussels will be partly pedestrianised from 2017, in a €7.6m project that aims to reduce traffic around the heart of the EU district. The Brussels government has approved a plan and will launch a public tender to redesign the busy junction, with a pedestrian zone through...

Flemish public transport operator De Lijn paid its staff danger money for driving in Brussels during last week's heightened terror alert - an incentive it says will not happen again, after it was criticised by politicians. Drivers on the 45 De Lijn bus routes that serve Brussels were paid an extra...

Federal consumer affairs minister Kris Peeters has called for an inquiry into whether manufacturers of household appliances, including computers, deliberately build their products with a limited life-span. If so, he said, he intends to look into what measures can be taken to stop the practice. The...

The city finally declares its seasonal festivities open. Brussels’ major tourist attraction, the Christmas extravaganza Winter Wonders , opens today (Friday) for its 15th edition. Security for the event is heightened and the market will close at 20.00 this weekend; 21.30 from Monday. The city's...

The terrorist threat level in Brussels has been reduced from the maximum level of 4 to level 3, in line with the rest of Belgium. Level 3 signifies “a probable serious threat against a person, group or event”. Level 3 was in operation at the time of the attacks in Paris earlier this month, though...

Belgium’s tennis players will today start one of sport’s most extraordinary underdog battles when they face the UK in the final of the Davis Cup at Flanders Expo. Ruben Bemelmans and Kimmer Coppejans of Flanders and Steve Darcis and David Goffin of Wallonia face off against a British team led by...

Public health minister Maggie De Block has announced that she will free up €390,000 from next year to provide a part-time ADHD expert for each of Belgium's ten provinces, with the intention to streamline diagnosis and treatment of the attention deficit and hyperactivitity disorder, reports De...