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Following a vote in Paris to ban electric scooters, with 89% of participants in the referendum voting in favour, the Belgian capital is also considering taking stricter measures if the situation does not improve within a year.

The City of Brussels has celebrated the official inauguration of Brucity, the administration’s new headquarters. The move from the old location to this new complex has been ongoing for months, with civil servants relocating in waves from their former offices.

Philippe Close is a man on a mission. He wants to elevate the focus on fighting drug trafficking to a national debate about addiction as a public health issue. At the heart of his campaign is the message that drug use concerns us all.

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.

After an audit revealed "unacceptable" safety risks at the Brussels Expo centre, its board of directors is being forced to allocate at least €1 million towards emergency repairs.

Over 20 trucks full of winter clothes, blankets, baby items have already left Brussels’ donation center bound for quake-struck Türkiye - Anadolu Agency

A tax on dancing that dates back to the 1950s has finally been abolished in the City of Brussels. At 40 cents per person dancing, the outdated tax has not been inconsequential for popular clubs and venues.

The attack took place on Monday evening in the metro station right below the headquarters of the European Commission.

-Belgian police have arrested an attacker who knifed three people in a Brussels metro station on Monday, leaving one with critical injuries, officials said....

Three people have been injured in a mass stabbing incident that occurred in Brussels Metro station in Belgium