Brussels café Monk will reopen in January under new management, Bruzz reports. The popular bar and restaurant in the Dansaert quarter of the city was forced to close in May when the landlord decided not to extend the operator’s lease. After renovations, it will return in the new year under the name Billie. The new

During a visit to Belgrade on Thursday evening, Belgian Foreign minister Hadja Lahbib called on the Serbian government to resume dialogue with Kosovo on the normalisation of their relations. During her visit, Lahbib called for “de-escalation” and “a renewed commitment to the normalisation process”. “This is the only way to a sustainable agreement and the

Belgian police early Tuesday hunted for a gunman with suspected terrorist motives who killed two Swedes with stunning viciousness in Brussels before disappearing into the night. He created such fear that authorities shut down a Belgium-Sweden soccer match and held 35,000 fans inside for several hours as a precaution. Eric Van Duyse, spokesman for the

Anti-terrorism police in Belgium have detained two suspected members of a far-right group accused of plotting bomb attacks and inciting violence. The pair, a man and a woman in their early 20s, were picked up after a series of raids on houses in Diepenbeek and Ostend, prosecutors said. One house contained large quantities of Nazi

The Consultation Committee, chaired by Brussels and Flemish Environment ministers Alain Maron and Zuhal Demir, has reached a pivotal agreement on the National Climate and Energy Plan. The consensus, announced on Wednesday night, comes after months of negotiations and addresses critical issues surrounding greenhouse gas reduction targets. At the end of last month, Maron announced

The City of Brussels has revealed more details about the sports park and public park that are being built at the Heizel in the shadow of the King Boudewijn Stadium. The sports park can be divided into three main zones: a first containing a hockey field as well as a football and rugby pitch; a

Belgium’s Centre for Cybersecurity, the CCB has already received more than 8,100,000 suspicious emails this year. The emails are forwarded to the CCB by worried members of the public. The figure is over 2,000,000 higher than last year. According to the CCB, that remarkably high figure is due to a combination of things: criminals becoming

Belgian postal service Bpost opened a first Saint Nicholas Mail Box in Brussels this week. The name day of Saint Nicholas is celebrated on 6 December, when the good saint brings children presents. Just like Father Christmas the good saint also appreciates a letter beforehand and many children are eager to let him know which

The deaths of six people including four children has shocked Belgians across the country, both south and north of the linguistic divide. The six died in a house fire in the town of Huy (Liège Province) last night. The fire brigade was called to the house shortly before midnight, but was unable to rescue the

The Christmas tree that will embellish Brussels’ historic market square this year has been felled. The firtree that stands 22 metres tall has been cut in Jozef and Maria’s garden in Lier (Antwerp Province). Sadly, Jozef is no longer with us, but he would have been immensely proud of the fact the tree on the