Why has Belgium’s Court of Audit sharply criticised the financing of the Liège tram?

Belgium’s Court of Audit has sharply criticised the financial management of the Liège tram project, whose dedicated Walloon budget allocation reaches €40.015 million in 2026, up…

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How did Louis-Marie Piron go from struggling student to a Walloon business heavyweight?

Thomas & Piron is marking its 50th anniversary in 2026 with a new chief executive and nearly 3,000 employees, turning Louis-Marie Piron’s improvised start in rural Wallonia into a…

What does Flanders’ first seven-day artisan bakery reveal about Belgium’s new shop rules?

Brood en Banket Neirinck in Machelen-aan-de-Leie has moved to seven-day opening after Belgium abolished the compulsory weekly closing day on 13 August, making the family bakery an…

Will the new auction rule hollow out Nieuwpoort’s fish market?

Nieuwpoort’s council has approved a new agreement governing Belgium’s three fish auctions that prevents catches from a single voyage being divided between Belgian and foreign…

Can Antwerp Airport survive after TUI leaves its scheduled-flight business behind?

5 takeaways from the design prize won by Brussels’ new digital metro signs

Do Europe’s depleted gas stocks point to a new energy crisis?

European gas storage is roughly 60% full in mid-August 2026, almost 20 percentage points below the level recorded around the same time last year, leaving the market with an…

Has the EU’s €3 small-parcel duty started to slow Liège Airport’s e-commerce boom?

Cargo traffic at Liège Airport fell by nearly 4% between 1 and 5 July 2026 compared with the same period in 2025, an early decline reported after the European Union introduced a…

Can crowdfunding repair three stolen portraits — and a gap in Antwerp’s heritage budget?

The Province of Antwerp has launched a crowdfunding campaign to restore three d’Ursel family portraits recovered more than 50 years after their theft, with the paintings and their…

Why does Opera Ballet Vlaanderen need €31 million in public funding?

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen has opened its books to explain how international talent, 420 employees and costly productions turn public funding into tickets that ordinary audiences can…

Can 85,000 Belgian bookings make Brussels’ costly IMAX 70mm bet pay off?

Kinepolis has sold or reserved about 85,000 Belgian tickets for Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey”, according to La DH, after installing the Benelux’s only IMAX 70mm film projector…