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Brussels' biggest Dutch-language library, Muntpunt, has announced it will close its doors an hour earlier on weekday evenings to save costs.
The cost of mains water in the Brussels region will increase by 14.5% this year, supplier Vivaqua has confirmed.
While many Belgian households continue to struggle with sky-high energy bills, the government is rolling back some of its measures intended to help them.
A raft of services, from GP consultations to postage, rise in cost from 1 January, reports RTBF.
Almost 1,000 people turned up for a demonstration in Brussels against the rising cost of living, organised by the citizen collection "Trop is te veel" or "Enough is enough".
Small businesses in Belgium are beginning to buckle under the weight of the energy prices, including laundrettes and bakeries which tend to have higher-than-normal energy costs already.
The energy crisis affecting households across the country has not spared Belgium's railway operator either, with the SNCB looking for ways to save money amid skyrocketing prices for fuel.
The ongoing energy crisis, coupled with rising inflation, has prompted a cost-of-living crisis for many residents of Belgium that has led to growing numbers of people giving up their pets.
Eight Brussels restaurants will offer customers a dining experience "in the dark" to draw attention to the soaring cost of energy and food that is putting the sector's viability in danger.
