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The consumers’ association Test Aankoop and the public transport passengers’ associations TreinTramBus and Navetteurs.be are to once again request financial ...

The Brussels public transport company MIVB is to look into the possibility of testing staff that wish to be tested for the novel coronavirus.

Antwerp is the third area in which contactless payments have been made possible on trams operated by the Flemish public transport company De Lijn.

More than 1,000 students are sitting exams on Monday at the Flanders Expo exhibition centre in the East Flemish city of Ghent.

The federal MP Dries Van Langenhove, was caught attending a so-called “lockdown party” in Ghent

It has become something of a tradition in recent weeks with Monday bringing with it not only the start of a new week, but also a further relaxation of the me...

Belgium’s Muslims are marking the Festival of the Breaking of the Fast, Eid al-Fitr, this weekend, but as a result of the corona emergency festivities are ra...

Even next academic year studying at a seat of advanced learning looks like being very different as a result of the corona crisis. At Antwerp University audi...

Summer camps for youngsters and organised play groups are being given the green light. Representatives of the federal and devolved governments approved guid...

Five youngsters had gone swimming near the "Verbrande Brug" in Grimbergen. One person got hypothermia and almost drowned.

Local water suppliers "The Watergroep" is asking local residents in 11 municipalities in Flemish Brabant to keep water consumption to a minimum.

The West-Flemish governor Carl Decaluwé says the coastal municipalities are not ready for a relaxation of second-home restrictions.

Elisabeth, the eldest daughter of King Filip and Queen Mathilde, will take up studies at the Brussels Royal Military Academy (KMS) for one year.

The Belgian government has plans to halt military patrols in the Jewish Quarter of Antwerp. Jewish organisations are up in arms. “We are being left to our ...

The Brussels local transport company MIVB reports that traffic on all its bus, tram and metro lines is running on schedule once again. Last week services we...

Temperatures will climb steadily over the next days to reach 27 Celsius or more on Thursday. There will be sun galore all the time.

Why Diksmuide and Hoei were a good place to stay during the corona crisis: expert Patrick Deboosere (VUB) explains.

The Belgian Interior Minister Pieter De Crem wants to have a decision about travelling to our neighbouring countries next week.

The monks of the Saint Sixtus Abbey in Westvleteren (West Flanders) will resume the sales of their world-famous beer.

PM Sophie Wilmès has announced the relaxation of corona restrictions after a meeting of the National Security Council.

A second-home owner who has a place at the coast, has taken the Belgian government to court.

There will be no nudist beach at Bredene next summer. This was decided by the local municipality.

The Waasland Shopping Center in East Flanders has found a foolproof way of ensuring that only customers with clean hands can enter the shopping mall.

The Westpark retail park at Westerlo in Antwerp Province has deployed a drone to ensure that shopper waiting to enter one of its stores keep their distance f...

The Brussels municipalities of Sint-Pieters-Woluwe and Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe have joined Etterbeek in making the wearing of mouth masks compulsory in shoppi...

At the end of April it became apparent from images shot by nature cameras in woodland in Limburg Province that Noëlla was pregnant.

The Flemish Automobile Association VAB expects a big increase in the number of motorists reporting issues with their vehicles’ batteries and soot filters dur...

The remains of a man have been found in the Albert Canal in the Limburg municipality of Riemst.

Around 20 people that had gathered to protest against the measures were first given a verbal warning before police detained those that had failed to disperse.

MIVB had cut back its services as demand for public transport fall back by 90% due to the lockdown.

A number of changes that will see a relaxation of the measures brought in in mid-March to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus will come into force ...

Brussels’ most famous son Manneken Pis will show solidarity with the population at large this coming Monday by wearing a mouth mask.

Police union spokesman Vincent Houssin has warned of a specific problem with regard to youth gangs in Brussels. The gangs turn on the police, but the police...

The Flemish tourism minister is meeting with the burgomasters of the Flemish seaside resorts on Monday. Ms Demir (nationalist) is drafting an overarching to...

Shop workers in supermarkets are some of the unexpected heroes of the corona emergency, but the valour of Christine from Aalst takes the cake. Christine is ...

Starting Monday shops selling non-essential goods and services reopen and starting Sunday you are allowed to host visits by four designated visitors at your ...

Bart Tommelein, the Mayor of Ostend, had a difficult task last night: to explain why he didn’t want everybody to rush to visit his city when corona restricti...

Belgium’s security council that groups representatives of the federal and devolved governments is meeting with the experts preparing the exit strategy to loo...

The masks are intended for use within the country’s prisons and by other organisations such as the Flemish Children’s and Family Agency Kind en Gezin.

An imperial eagle was sighted for the very first time in Heule (West Flanders) last month. The eagle has a wingspan of over two metres and usually can only ...

The corona emergency is eating into many people’s budgets. Many pet owners too have been struggling to make ends meet. To help out in Ghent the opening of ...

In the countdown to Monday 11 May, when non-essential shops are supposed to reopen, the city of Antwerp has worked out new rules and regs for people visiting...

The Belgian government, backed by seven opposition parties, is introducing corona parental leave. What is it and how can you benefit?