Renovation of the façade of the Brussels Palace of Justice is scheduled to start in 2018 and take 2.5 years to complete, according to the Belgian Buildings Agency (BBA). Within 10 to 12 years, all sides of the building will have to be renovated, followed by the massive copper dome. Last week, the...

Belgian actor Jean-Claude Van Damme has put his villa in Marina del Rey, near Los Angeles, up for sale, report various media. The “Muscles from Brussels" is selling the house just three years after he purchased it. Van Damme's villa is reportedly 700 m2 spread over three floors accessible by...

Brussels-based audiovisual artist Pieter Geenen has a fascination for slow corroding images, sounds and words. In This Land is My Land. This Land is Your Land. , his new solo show at Argos in Brussels, he takes his detached approach to the Canadian tobacco belt. In the footsteps of Flemish migrants...

A court in Leuven has sentenced a gang of 11 human traffickers to a total of 31 years in prison, with fines amounting to €942,000. The men were charged with smuggling 157 illegal immigrants and received a fine of €6,000 for each case. The court heard how the gang organised 61 transports between...

Pairi Daiza was crowned Company of the Year in Belgium's French-speaking region of Wallonia this week. Eric Domb, head of the animal park, received the award from King Philippe. Pairi Daiza won the 20 th edition of the competition over IT service company EASI of Nivelles, construction company Eloy...

One of the biggest names in contemporary photography, Terry O'Neill has snapped everyone from the Beatles and the Stones to the British Queen, Nelson Mandela, Amy Winehouse, Brigitte Bardot and every James Bond since Sean Connery. With 14 of his unique pics on display in Brussels, he reflects on an...

In an open letter to the Brussels regional government, a group of doctors and health organisations have asked for a more ambitious approach to the region's new Air Climate Energy Plan. Air pollution costs hundreds of lives in the region each year, according to the initiators. They are more...

The retail bank of the future in Belgium will be digital but still maintain a branch network, according to a study by Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The hybrid model is the most profitable, the study concludes. While the digitisation of retail banking forms one of the biggest challenges for the...

A mother whose 12-year-old daughter was killed by a train while taking a selfie has received a €19,000 bill from the SNCB for damage caused to its infrastructure. Charlotte Nuñez was posing for a photo with friends on a rail station platform when she died in the freak accident in June 2014. "...

The BBC World Service will resume radio broadcasts in Belgium in November, four years after listeners stopped receiving the station. The English-language service will be available on DAB+ digital radio - a new platform that launched in Belgium earlier this year. "The BBC is one of the most...