The United Kingdom officially left the European Union on Wednesday, but the British monuments at Brussels’ Mini Europe family park will stay for the time being, writes Bruzz. “Mini Europe will not remove its models of British landmarks,” confirmed Thierry Meeùs, director of the Brussels tourist attraction. “The Brexit negotiations will take at least two […]

People in Brussels love to visit live concerts so they had a great success in the capital last year, writes La Dernière Heure. Despite the raised terror alert level, more than 700 concerts took place in Brussels in 2016. Brussels concert hall Ancienne Belgique in Avenue Anspach hosted 303 concerts last year, compared to 258 […]

The White House has confirmed that US President Donald Trump will meet with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation heads of state in Brussels on 25 May. The date of the summit and Trump’s plans to meet with Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg on 12 April in Washington was announced by Nato on Tuesday. “The president […]

A number of commemorative events were held across Brussels on Wednesday, one year after the terror attacks that took the lives of 32 people and left more than 300 injured, report various media. Belgium’s King Philippe led commemorations, beginning with a sombre ceremony at Zaventem airport. The names of the 16 people killed there were […]

The happiest people in the world live in Norway, this country took the 1st place according to the results of an international study presented by the UN on the occasion of today’s International Day of Happiness. “Increasingly, happiness is considered to be the proper measure of social progress and the goal of public policy,” reads […]

The name ‘German-speaking Community of Belgium’ will no longer be used in reference to the rolling, green region in the East Cantons, reports De Morgen. Henceforth it will be referred to as Ostbelgien, or East Belgium. The new brand was presented today in St Vith. With the new name, the region aims to develop its […]

Total sales volume for e-commerce in Belgium has rised up to €9.1 billion (10%) last year. It’s a new record, according to BeCommerce whose annual figures reveal that 8.4 million Belgians made a total of 85 million purchases online in 2016, or slightly less than one order per person per month. The figures also reveal […]

Amazon Pantry, a branch of the internet giant that allows customers to order groceries for home delivery is now available in Belgium. The service is already a hit in the US and UK. According to Gino Van Ossel, a retail expert at Vlerick Business School, “it is certainly a threat to our supermarkets”. One problem […]

12 pilot projects on home hospitalisation have been launched by Federal health minister Maggie De Block. The purpose is to ascertain whether patients can get certain care at home, with the same quality and safety guarantees as in a hospital. The projects will test a number of situations, including intravenous administration of antibiotics and cancer […]

Thousands of women and men worldwide demonstrated against social, legal, political, moral and verbal injustices against women. Under the slogan, ‘International Women’s Strike’, demonstrators gathered on Wednesday at numerous events across Belgium, especially in Brussels, Genk and Ghent, writes De Standaard. Women and men in more than 45 countries are physically or virtually ‘on strike’ […]