Despite its prime Brussels location, squeezed between EU institutions, the tourist centre and the business district, tiny Saint-Josse-ten-Noode is the poorest commune in Belgium. Emir Kir, Saint-Josse ...

While some school children dream of being astronauts or rockstars, by the wise old age of six Benoît Cerexhe knew he wanted to be a mayor. "My grandfather was mayor on the other side of Belgium, in ...

"What makes people love Ixelles?" says its smiling mayor, Christos Doulkeridis. "It's when you know your baker, your grocer and your neighbours. It's when you know the people around you." Running for ...

From 1 January 2025, foreign drivers caught under the influence of alcohol or drugs on Belgian roads will be required to pay a deposit of €1,260 on the spot. This measure, reported by Het Nieuwsblad, ...

Greta Thunberg, along with climate activists under the banner of the United for Climate Justice coalition, sat down in ...

ING, the only bank to respond to the Walloon Region’s appeal for support of the so called "Oxygène plan" has refused to finance seven struggling cities. Other banks did not submit any offer at all for ...

The Workers' Party of Belgium, PVDA-PTB, does not have a mayor in any of the 19 communes in the Brussels region, but that could change soon. The regional elections on 9 June showed that the radical ...

Pope Francis’ visit in Belgium last weekend was overshadowed by questions about the Catholic Church’s handling of sexual abuse scandals but his sudden announcement that he would begin the ...

Groen co-president Nadia Naji and Vooruit president Conner Rousseau are open to future local coalitions with PVDA, the Dutch-speaking counterpart of PTB. This was revealed during a major debate on ...