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More than 70% of traders in Belgium ignored the ban on selling cigarettes to minors (under 18) during a series of recent spot checks, according to recent government statistics.
The City of Brussels has launched a new bike allowance aimed at young people aged 16 to 18.
This summer - from 29 June to 1 September inclusive - young people aged 18 to 24 will be able to travel anywhere in Belgium for under €60, not only on trains, but also on TEC, De Lijn and Stib pub
Young people coming to the capital next year will have a new youth hostel to discover in the centre of town, on the Rue du Vieux Marché aux Grains, near Place Sainte-Catherine.
Belgium is introducing a new voluntary civic service programme aimed at young people.
Belgians aged 16 and 17 will be obliged to vote in the European elections on 9 June, after a previous law that made it optional for them was struck down by the Constitutional Court this week.
“With our children we had spoken about road accidents, alcohol, drugs, sexual violence and terrorist attacks.
World cycling champion Remco Evenepoel is setting up a cycling academy in the Belgian capital, hoping to encourage more young people to take up the sport.
A community event at an art museum in which amateur boxers from Brussels – police and citizens alike – would spar one another has been cancelled.
