18+ hour, 45+ min ago  (300+ words) The Nature and Forest Agency has issued an orange alert for all Flemish nature reserves. In a statement the Agency says that "It is very dry and there is a high risk of fire. Lighting fires is prohibited. Please be…...

21+ hour, 25+ min ago  (242+ words) The Flemish Welfare Minister Caroline Gennez (socialist) has announced that the Flemish Government has reached an agreement on halting international adoptions." Numerous irregularities have come to light in recent years. These include children arriving in Belgium supposedly as orphans, when…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (393+ words) Under Belgian law, pilots must work until the age of 66, whilst European regulations prohibit them from operating scheduled flights after the age of 65 due to health risks. "That combination is downright absurd: pilots are obliged to work, but at the…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (706+ words) In 2025, the Brussels local transport company MIVB suffered "4 million worth of damage as a result of vandalism. That is almost as much as the "4. 1 million recorded in 2024. However, the amount of damage is almost a fifth higher than in 2022 according…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (300+ words) On Sunday 19 April, the Russian Embassy in Brussels posted a message on X regarding an interview with Belgian Chief of the Defence Staff Frederik Vansina that appeared in daily Le Soir on 17 April. The Russian Embassy is angry, in particular…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (234+ words) Joe Biden tried to kidnap my wife" Bart De Wever revealed in conversation with VRT. The bizarre incident occurred during Pope Francis"s funeral, as world leaders made their way to St Peter"s Basilica. 'He thought he was holding…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (282+ words) Five years after a fire almost completely destroyed the chapel of the Sisters of Charity in Heule (West Flanders), the building has been completely renovated. 'A great deal of thought went into the renovation and the future of the chapel....

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (374+ words) Earlier this week a committee of MPs in the Brussels Regional Parliament approved new rules the aim of which is to protect night clubs and music venues from complaints about noise nuisance from neighbours." A committee of MPs in the…...

4+ day, 30+ min ago  (821+ words) In the exhibition "Postcolonial?" the House of European History in Brussels is fully embracing the theme of decolonisation. No longer is there any excuse. Nothing should be glossed over. The experts" conclusion is stark: from the first discoveries in the…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (304+ words) All three of the capital's sorting offices remained closed on Friday as pickets continue block access to them. Postal workers employed by the Belgian post office Bpost have been taking industrial action since late last month amid concerns over the…...