Management of Brussels Airport have reported that Airport served a record number of passengers in the first half of this year 11.55 million people used Zaventem terminal between January and June of this year and it’s up 6.3% compared with the same period in 2015. “This is an absolute record,” the airport said in a […]

€42.4 million will be funded for thirteen of Brussels’ 19 communes to improve public spaces, sports and cultural facilities by 2020. The money will go towards 70 projects and has been distributed among the municipalities based on population figures, average income levels, unemployment rate and the age of existing infrastructure. In the past, only seven […]

  About 650 drivers in Belgium each year are fined for driving too slowly. According to the interior ministry’s figures, 150 fines applied to motorway drivers who were caught doing less than 70kph. The other 500 fines were issued on smaller roads. The Belgian highway code states that “no driver should block the normal flow […]

The results of an annual nationwide study show how Belgians changed their tastes and habits in beer-drinking. Beer appreciation is at an all-time high according to Beer & Society’s 12th annual Beer Barometer, based on responses from a self-selecting sample of 8,000 people. Beer remains the drink of choice in cafes, nightclubs and at family […]

Extra capacity will be needed for schools in the Brussels-Capital region by 2025 According to the Brussels Institute of Statistics and Analysis (Ibsa) 38,000 extra places expected to be needed in both Dutch- and French-speaking schools, at nursery, primary and secondary level,. The highest increase is expected to see at secondary schools with an additional […]

According to the figures in the annual report for 2016 from regional parking agency parking.brussels about 1,000 extra cyclists took to the streets of Brussels in the past year. The report claims there are 22,464 cyclists in the Brussels region – more than double the 9,500 recorded in 2008. However cycle use still only accounts […]

Busy weekend is expecting for Brussels Airport caused by the start of the summer holidays. Humanoid robot will greet and help 230,000 travellers. The robot, named Bruce Pepper, can read boarding passes, inform passengers of their boarding gate, tell the weather in real time, direct people to the nearest toilet and provide other practical information […]

Jamie McCourt, former baseball team co-owner has been nominated as an US ambassador to Belgium by President Donald Trump. McCourt is currently an attorney and investor in Southern California and a co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers with her ex-husband, Frank McCourt, until 2011. The former ambassador, Denise Bauer, served in the position since 2013 […]

German luxury car maker Audi has announced that it will start production of a second model of electric car at its plant in Forest. Starting next year, the Brussels plant will already produce an SUV called e-tron. The same factory will start production before 2019 of the e-tron Sportback, a fully electric-powered sports coupe. This […]