This is an opinion article by an external contributor. The views belong to the writer. After years of anticipation (and a few delays), Brussels’ Kanal-Centre Pompidou is finally set to reopen in 2026.

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Electric cars are involved in 50% more traffic accidents than their petrol and diesel counterparts, according to a study by insurer Axa. The high number of accidents has actually nothing to do with ...

Police are still searching for the gunmen following the early morning shooting at a Brussels Metro station on Wednesday. The incident had a major impact on public transport for a large part of the day ...

All of Brussels can be seen as an open-air museum with streets, squares and parks adorned by historical statues and memorials, mostly meant to represent and even glorify Belgium’s past. But for a long ...

Nearly 80 years after the end of the Holocaust, a one-day exhibition co-funded by the EU at the Jewish Museum in Brussels demonstrated how detailed archival research is necessary to uncover the ...

On National Day, attention turns to the Belgian Armed Forces – a cornerstone of the nation's security and international engagements. Despite its relatively modest size, the Belgian military is a ...

Energy consumption by Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rising rapidly: AI is predicted to consume twice as much energy as the whole of France by 2030, according to some calculations. Not only does AI ...

A deepfake video showing Belgium's prime minister speaking of an urgent need to tackle the economic and climate crises has been put into circulation by Extinction Rebellion Belgium. Published on ...

A nationwide strike is being organised on Monday 13 January. Workers from all sectors are taking part. Public transport in Brussels and Wallonia, trains across the country, flights, postal services, ...

On October 25, 1555, the grandees of the Habsburg Netherlands gathered in the Great Hall of the Coudenberg Palace in Brussels to witness an extraordinary event. A weary old man with a grey beard and a ...