Belgium’s three biggest supermarket chains have reduced the sugar and fat content in 3,300 products. Colruyt, Delhaize and Carrefour informed they were able to remove 363 tonnes of sugar, 170 tonnes of fat and 82 tonnes of salt from their own-brand foods. In June 2016, the Belgian food industry federation Fevia agreed a target […]

Trucks weighing more than 7.5 tonnes are to be banned from central Brussels. The ban applies to all streets within the Pentagon inner ring road. New signs are being put up and the city council is working with sat-nav providers to program alternative routes. City of Brussels councillor for mobility Els Ampe said: “The historic […]

According to the Observatoire du Vélo report 2017 there were 28,151 cyclists on the roads last year. About 64.1% of cyclists were men, 34.1% women, and 1.8% children.Half of bike users ride without a helmet. Among the people who took up cycling for the first time in 2017, about 70% were previously public transport users […]

Elisabeth De Proost celebrated her 110th birthday on Tuesday. She is the oldest resident of Brussels. De Proost lives in the Ten Prins rest home in Anderlecht. Anderlecht mayor Eric Thomas and Monique Cassart, the city councillor in charge of civil registration attended Elisabeth De Proost at her birthday party on Tuesday. De Proost, born […]

Last year, American and Belgian astronomers announced the discovery of seven exoplanets, similar to Earth. In the next five years, scientists expect to learn more about the exoplanets discovered by them, and, in particular, to explore their atmosphere. During the past year an international team led by Liège astronomer Michaël Gillon has been busy finding […]

The electro-pop singer Oscar and The Wolf took 3 awards at the Flemish Music Industry Awards MIAs. He is the winner of awards for best live act, best pop and best solo man. Blanche, who was representing Belgium in the 2016 Eurovision contest, got two awards for hit of the year and breakthrough for her […]

This spring a new airline is going to launch direct flights from Belgian Charleroi airport to China. Air Belgium has announced on Wednesday that its first flights would be to Hong Kong from the end of March. The airline has plans to launch further routes from Belgium to Asia in the near future. The first […]

Education ministers of Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg have signed an agreement to recognise all higher education diplomas from the other two countries. This is the first such co-operation between three countries in the EU. In 2015, the Benelux countries agreed to automatically recognise each other’s bachelor’s and master’s diplomas. Now that recognition is extended to […]

The roof of the city’s morning wholesale produce market has been covered with almost 8,000 solar panels. It has taken three months to build this solar panel installation which is the biggest one in Brussels. The panels will provide up to a third of the market’s electricity needs – the equivalent of 590 homes. Any […]

The Saint-Luc University Hospital in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert will get a new campus, which will be built next to its current building. The new campus was designed by Brussels firm VK Architects in collaboration with the Paris-based Michel Rémon & Associés and will be built of glass and multiple levels. The old hospital building will also be […]