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.

Open drug use, shootings and residents who feel unsafe: Brussels has been in the news negatively quite a few times in recent months. The real estate market is also affected. Crime and a lack of safety ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Belgium has ground to a halt again on Monday due to a general strike. This is the third major multi-sector strike so far this year. Flights, public transport and services are disrupted, as workers ...

On 26 September last year, the Nord Stream 1 and 2 underwater gas pipelines between Russia and Germany were blown up just off the coast of Bornholm, a Danish island in the Baltic Sea. In February this ...

How successful are European countries at unifying their populations linguistically? What part does the spread of English in Eastern Europe play in NATO’s hybrid war against Russia. These and many ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many of us grew up with fairytales of princes and princesses. To some in Europe, monarchies are more real, as their home nations have a king or queen as the official head of state. So while most ...

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 ...