Brussels authorities have decided to re-open and renovate the old jails at Tongeren and Saint-Hubert for young offenders. The decision follows the release of 15 juvenile offenders for lack of prison accommodation and reflects a chronic shortage of places for under-age...

A daily digest of local news and views from the Flemish press is now available on-line in English, thanks to an initiative sponsored by foreign minister Geert Bourgeois. Aimed primarily at embassy staff, journalists, NATO and EU personnel, the press review...

The quality of the water in the River Zenne has improved to the extent that eels can now be found swimming in it thanks to the 370,000 cubic metres of purified water pumped daily into the river by the new Brussels...

A study by the University of Louvain has revealed that English is now the second language after French in Brussels and Wallonia, taking the place of Dutch. French remains the second language after Dutch in Flanders by a narrow margin, with...

The first Eurostar High Speed 1 trains are due to travel on the new London St Pancras-Brussels or Paris routes on 14 November. Leaving from the new St Pancras International rail terminal in central London, the High Speed 1 trains will...

Privately-owned Indian airline Jet Airways has signed a memorandum of understanding with Brussels Airlines to operate ten new long-haul flights to the United States, Canada and India via Brussels airport at Zaventem in cooperation with the Belgian flag-carrier. The agreement could...