Home News Council of State’s Auditor-General wants to keep the curfew The Auditor-General of Belgium’s Council of State has asked for it to reject a request made by around a dozen people for the curfew to be revoked. Fri 30 Oct 14:20
Flemish Brabant "Superman" cleans the windows at centre people with a mental handicap in Landen Window cleaner Christophe Stockmans decided to bring a little a ray of sunshine to the resident of the not-for-profit organisation VZW Bindkracht’s residenti... Fri 30 Oct 12:16
Xinhua News Agency Home News Shopping limited to 30 minutes tops New Flemish corona measures were introduced at midnight one day early after the publication of federal secondary legislation yesterday. Many of the measures... Thu 29 Oct 11:15
Home News Flemish Government measures to curb the spread of coronavirus to apply from midnight Wednesday These measures come on top of the measures brought in by the Federal Government. Update Wed 28 Oct 15:29
Foto: Johann Donfut Brussels Brussels’ fire-fighters do a half Monty for charity The Brussels fire service is marketing a new calendar for next year. The sale of the calendar raises cash for charity and includes photographs of Brussels f... Wed 28 Oct 13:41
Nexus Flemish Brabant Passionate lovemaking caught on wildlife camera A hunter from Zemst in Flemish Brabant got quite a surprise when he checked the images recorded on his wildlife camera recently. Instead of birds and bees t... Wed 28 Oct 10:20
Home News Home minister pledges zero tolerance for corona violations There has been massive demand for holiday accommodation across Belgium for the upcoming half-term break. Self-catering holiday accommodation and holiday vil... Tue 27 Oct 15:52
Flemish Brabant Three die in accident on E19 motorway in Flemish Brabant The vehicle in which the three men died was being chased by police and was travelling in the wrong direction on a slip road when it collided with a van. Tue 27 Oct 14:36
Radio 2 West Flanders Coronavirus means West Flemish mum misses son’s big day in India Secretly Rita Van Stalle she had hoped that the traditional Hindu wedding would be postponed again as had been the case earlier in the year. Tue 27 Oct 12:35
Brussels King Albert meets up with his natural daughter Princess Delphine King Albert and Queen Paola met with Princess Delphine of Belgium at their home, Belvédère Castle in Brussels, on Sunday. The meeting was the first between ... Tue 27 Oct 11:56
Kevin Van den Panhuyzen/NurPhoto Flemish Brabant Leuven University implements Code Red Leuven University has decided to switch to Code Red on 3 November. The move means that there will be few physical lessons or lectures and that most universi... Tue 27 Oct 09:43
Home News Temporary benefit for parents without childcare By giving fair warning it was extending the half-term break the Flemish government may have avoided organisational chaos, but many parents will face issues f... Mon 26 Oct 15:05
Brussels Ambulance attacked in Brussels A paint spray can was thrown at an ambulance involved in an emergency intervention in the Brussels borough of Ganshoren on Friday night. The ambulance’s win... Mon 26 Oct 14:14
Flemish Brabant GPs call for remote learning at Leuven University: “We need a breather!” Family doctors in Leuven have asked Leuven University to keep all its students at home. The GPs insist the situation no longer resembles a minor fire and wa... Mon 26 Oct 11:00
Home News School half term break extended in Flanders Flemish education minister Ben Weyts (nationalist) has decided to extend the half-term break until 11 November, Armistice Day, which is already a public holi... Mon 26 Oct 09:05
Google Maps Limburg Police break up lockdown party at longue bar in Maasmechelen Police in the Limburg municipality of Maasmechelen have raided a waterpipe and lounge bar where an illegal party was being held. Sun 25 Oct 16:24
Brussels Several dozen arrests at unauthorised demonstration against the measures to curb the spread of coronavirus Police in Brussels have detained several dozen people that were taking part in a demonstration against the measures designed to curb the spread of the novel ... Sun 25 Oct 15:57
BELGA West Flanders No new admissions due to coronavirus outbreak at a hospital in Mol More than twenty staff and doctors on the geriatric ward at the Heilig Hart Hospital in Mol (Antwerp province) have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Sun 25 Oct 11:27
Brussels Curfew from 10pm and all shops must close at 8pm in Brussels From Monday 26 October a curfew will be in force in the whole of the Brussels-Capital Region between 10pm and 6am. Sat 24 Oct 15:47
Home News Army to provide emergency hospital, extra ambulances and helicopters to help the health service cope with COVID With Belgium’s hospitals coming under increasing strain as the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic worsens by the day, the Belgian Army has offered assis... Sat 24 Oct 14:54
Google Streetview Flemish Brabant Flemish Brabant school forced to close after a third of its staff in forced to quarantine Around 50 of the school’s pupils have also been sent home as a precautionary measure. Sat 24 Oct 14:04
Brussels More and more people using food banks As the economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis starts to bite a growing number of people in Belgium are finding themselves forced to seek help from food... Sat 24 Oct 12:37
Home News Don’t forget to put the clocks back At 3am on Sunday morning the clocks go back by one hour as we switch back to Central European Winter Time. Sat 24 Oct 11:55
Home News Curfew in Wallonia from 10pm to 6am, distance learning only in French-medium higher education The Walloon and Francophone Language Community governments have announced a number of additional measures to try and curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Sat 24 Oct 11:13
Google Maps Brussels Saliva testing for all teachers at municipal schools in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek Although saliva testing is not as reliable as other forms of coronavirus testing is provides speedy results and this is exactly what the municipal authoritie... Fri 23 Oct 12:22
Home News New measures to help us fight the spread of COVID-19 At press conference held at 9am on Friday morning several new measures designed to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. were announced. Fri 23 Oct 09:45
Belga West Flanders Holiday accommodation going like hot cakes Demand for self-catering holiday accommodation at the Flemish coast for the upcoming half-term break is strong. Letting agencies report an increase in booki... Thu 22 Oct 15:34
Flemish Brabant Brussels Airport gets ready for the winter The clocks go back next weekend, a clear indication that we are heading towards the darker months of the year. At Brussels Airport they are getting ready fo... Thu 22 Oct 14:53
Palace 5 at the Heizel Brussels Brussels opens new test centre at the Heizel A new coronavirus test village is opening at the Heizel exhibition park in Brussels. You will find the test centre on the carpark of Palace 12. The new tes... Thu 22 Oct 09:38
Home News Lockdown 2.0: “We need to decide what we want to keep open” Microbiologist Emmanuel André is particularly worried about the most recent corona data to come out of Brussels and the provinces of Liege and Hainault, wher... Wed 21 Oct 15:34
Home News Delhaize to close its stores an hour earlier on Fridays The supermarket chain Delhaize has announced that for next four weeks at least its supermarkets will close an hour earlier than usual on Friday evenings. Tue 20 Oct 16:06
BELGA/WAEM Brussels “I sometimes get told I’m a racist” Mia Doornaert is a veteran Flemish journalist and opinionmaker from Brussels. The capital has been getting a bad press because of the high number of corona ... Tue 20 Oct 15:15
Home News Stricter corona measures to be in force in Flemish schools by half term. The agreement to switch to Code Orange by half term came after many hours of talks involving the Flemish Education Minister Ben Weyts (nationalist), the unio... Tue 20 Oct 10:25
Radio 2 Flemish Brabant Leuven University (KUL) open coronavirus test centre for students Leuven University (KUL) has opened its own coronavirus testing centre near to the Flemish Brabant city’s Oude Markt. Mon 19 Oct 16:05
Natuurhulpcentrum Oudsbergen Limburg Second wolf run over and killed in Oudsbergen The roadkill incident happened at around 6am on Monday on the road between the villages of Meeuwen and Gruitrode. Mon 19 Oct 12:52
VRT Antwerp Province Long waits for test results for many in Antwerp A general practitioner from Antwerp has told VRT Radio 2 that many people in the city that have undergone a coronavirus test are having to wait a considerabl... Mon 19 Oct 12:02
Home News What new measures come in to force from today? On Friday evening a raft of additional measures were announced the aim of which is to curb the further spread of the novel coronavirus. Mon 19 Oct 11:13
Nicolas Maeterlinck Antwerp Province Joren Houtevels is Mister Gay Belgium 2020 Joren, a 20-year-old student from Leuven (Flemish Brabant), beat off all rivals at the Elckerlyc Theatre in Antwerp. Bart De Wever, Mayor of Antwerp, had th... Sun 18 Oct 15:20
West Flanders Large crowds at the coast ahead of Monday’s closing-down The pubs, bars and restaurants, they are closing on Monday, at least for 4 weeks. In the seaside resort of Ostend, the October Fair will shut tonight. Desp... Sun 18 Oct 11:06
Stad Ieper West Flanders Ieper chestnut that survived two wars in ‘Tree of the Year’ A chestnut tree standing at the Menin Gate in Ieper (West Flanders) has been selected as Belgium’s “Tree of the Year 2020”. The title is awarded to a specia... Sat 17 Oct 11:57
Foto: Belga Home News Bars and restaurants to close, a night curfew and just 1 "close" social contact from Monday The Consultative Committee has decided on a number of extra measures to curb the further spread of the novel coronavirus in Belgium. Fri 16 Oct 19:26
Home News King Albert and Queen Paola "delighted” about meeting between King Filip and Princess Delphine In a press statement released early on Friday evening Belgium’s former Head of State King Albert II and his wife Queen Paola have said that they are “delight... Fri 16 Oct 18:35
Pixnio Flemish Brabant 83-year-old man from Flemish Brabant bitten to death by his own dog The Judicial Authorities in the Flemish Brabant city of Leuven have opened an investigation into the death 83 year-old man from the municipality of Tremelo. ... Update Fri 16 Oct 16:10
Home News Landlord sentenced more than 10 years after Liège gas explosion in which 14 people died In addition to the 14 people that were killed in the explosion in early 2010 a further 19 people were injured. Fri 16 Oct 12:36
Brussels King Filip has met his sister, Princess Delphine, for the first time The royal palace has issued a picture of a meeting between Filip, King of Belgians, and his half-sister, Princess Delphine. The two royals met for the first ... Thu 15 Oct 16:30
Home News Will Dutch lockdown trigger rush on a Belgian pint? The Netherlands has closed its bars and restaurants in a bid to stem the spread of coronavirus. In Belgium there are concerns large numbers of Dutch punters... Wed 14 Oct 15:07
Antwerp Province Antwerp sex workers “can’t afford the bare necessities” Antwerp’s red light district is feeling the full force of the corona epidemic. “Many of the ladies have spent all their savings and are now getting into deb... Wed 14 Oct 11:15
Belga Image Home News Flemings lose their Wanderlust As a result of the corona emergency 6 out of ten Belgians didn’t travel abroad last summer and it doesn’t look like their Wanderlust is set to return any tim... Tue 13 Oct 14:53
Darren Greenwood / Design Pics Inc. Limburg Police break up illegal poker tournament The room in which the tournament was taking place was far too small for the rules on social distancing to be respected. Tue 13 Oct 14:02
