Ans Persoons News Today

Brussels residents are getting fed up with the amount of fibre optic cables and boxes being added to the facades of their homes following a new telecoms operator entering the scene.

The construction of a new underground station in Brussels has been suspended after the discovery of mammoth bones in its path.

Attempts to reckon with symbols of colonialism in public spaces have revived a fraught debate about the country’s history.

The Brussels region now recognises clubbing as intangible cultural heritage following an initiative from the nightlife sector itself. The designation indicates an importance not only for the people of Brussels, but also for the city's attractiveness, RTBF reports.

Brussels secretary of state Pascal Smet (one.brussels/Vooruit) has resigned after emails surfaced that revealed his administration not only invited an Iranian delegation and Russian politician into Belgium but also paid the associated costs of their travel.

The evacuation of a cinema, shopping arcade and several homes in Brussels, after people complained of eye irritation, breathing difficulties and an unbearable smell, was likely to have been caused by the many nail salons in the vicinity.

The Brussels government and the city council of Brussels have presented their plans for the redevelopment of the European quarter, RTBF reports.

Brussels-City has drafted a set of guidelines for offering student accommodation to prevent a lack of decent infrastructure and to ease pressure on the regular housing market. “Brussels is a proud student city,” said Ans Persoons, Brussels-City councillor for urban planning.

Place Royale in Brussels’ museum quarter is set to become partially car-free as plans for the renewal project have been approved, upon certain conditions, by the consultative committee.

A picture emerged Wednesday of the men who bombed the Brussels airport and a central subway line killing scores, with prosecutors and media naming two brothers and a Belgian with links to Paris as the search continued for a fourth attacker.