The government of the Brussels-Capital Region has concluded the purchase of the Citroen building for the price of €20.5 million. The region intends to create a new museum of contemporary art in the building. According to minister-president Rudi Vervoort, who closed the sale on Thursday, the museum...

The Brussels Consultation Committee has approved plans for the reconstruction of Brussels' Rue de Midi, between Place Rouppe and Rue des Pierres. Remarkably, the City approved the incorporation of flat cobbles and the addition of more trees than originally planned. The restructuring of Rue de Midi...

The Anderlecht football club will after all become the tenants of the planned new national stadium to be built by 2020 on what is now Parking C of the Heizel complex in Brussels. This week the club signed a lease with developers Ghelamco and the city. Anderlecht had previously withdrawn from talks...

With the Hainaut capital basking in the glow of its prestigious title, there’s never been a better time to visit the city. Until the end of the year, Mons 2015 offers a packed cultural programme and entertainment for all ages. See for yourself how Mons has undergone large-scale urban regeneration,...

The leisure pool complex Océade at Heysel offers swimmers a scary Halloween experience until Sunday. Every day at 15.00 the pool’s water turns into a red bloodbath. Fear not, the pool says it uses a 100% natural colourant. Meanwhile, in the centre of the city, the ghosts of Brussels’ past appear as...

One-fifth of all migrants live in 20 major cities around the world, and Brussels is one of them. After Dubai, Brussels is the city with the highest percentage of residents born abroad. More than six in ten Brussels residents were not born in Belgium, writes De Tijd based on the World Migration...

A Belgian prisoner costs society €124.81 per day, according to federal justice minister Koen Geens. The minister calculates that Belgium's 11,091 prisoners in 2013 cost the country approximately €505 million, or €124.81 a day. Geens also provides a detailed breakdown of the cost: €103.32 per day...

Ethiopian Airlines is moving its cargo operations out of Brussels Airport to Maastricht in the Netherlands because of a continuing dispute between the airports at Brussels and Liège, the company said. The decision, which takes effect on 1 November, would lead to the loss of “hundreds of jobs,”...

Belgium ranks second in Europe, after Croatia, in terms of organ donation numbers. And yet there are still 1,276 Belgians on the waiting list for an organ transplant. The FPS Public Health has therefore launched the 10th edition of Beldonor, a major organ donation awareness campaign, writes De...

Since opening the first restaurant in Belgium to serve insects, chef David Creëlle has turned it into a successful catering business, published a cookbook, and launched the food company Bugs World Solution Food. Later this week Creëlle will introduce his new insect burgers during the World Food...