Leuven-based AB InBev is investing €5.7 million in increasing the brewing capacity of its Hoegaarden wheat beer by one-third, to meet increased demand, particularly in export markets. Hoegaarden, brewed in the Flemish Brabant town of the same name, is enjoying a boom in popularity even as pilsner-...

The Freedom Festival is an annual autumn gathering of human rights activists with documentaries, talks, performances, exhibitions and concerts until 31 October. Théâtre National and KVS host the event which combines conviviality with good causes. Tonight’s live gig by Ghinzu is booked out but...

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the United Nations (UN) on Saturday, more than 200 monuments and landmarks across 45 countries will be lit up blue. Museums, bridges and other famous sites will also be illuminated for the occasion. After the campaign 'Turn the World UN Blue' kicks off in New...

Musicians from the National Orchestra of Belgium have launched a petition for the preservation of their orchestra, after it was announced that the orchestra would eventually merge with the La Monnaie Orchestra. A petition to show support for its continued existence has so far collected nearly 6,000...

Striking rail workers have cost the rail authority SNCB a total of €10 million over the last year – “the cost of 160 full-time staff,” according to director Jo Cornu, speaking in the federal parliament yesterday. “This is negative for the public’s perception and for the development of the company...

A court in Brussels has issued an injunction against polar explorer Alain Hubert and his International Polar Foundation (IPF), preventing them from visiting the Princess Elisabeth polar base in the Antarctic. Permission for the organisation to use the SES ASTRA system, which allows the base to be...

Wine production in Belgium increased by 11% last year, with sparkling wines doing especially well, according to a study by the FPS Economy in cooperation with the University of Hasselt. In 2014, Belgium produced a total of 614,878 litres of wine, an increase of 11% compared to 2013 (553,867 litres...

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...