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Brussels breast cancer research body to close with loss of 37 jobs

Breast International Group (BIG), a Brussels-based non-profit organisation dedicated to breast cancer research, is shutting its doors for financial reasons. The closure will result in the loss of 37 jobs when operations cease at the end of October. “The closure of BIG reflects the harsh reality...

What’s on this week: 16 to 22 January

For Europalia Espana, Spanish artist Oriol Vilanova enjoyed a residency at the Walter & Nicole Leblanc Foundation in Brussels. The resulting exhibition Cross-reading. Monotony is nice presents not only conceptual works by Vilanova based on vintage postcards and artefacts, but also the three...

Puss in Boots the panto

Submitted by CJBXL on Thu, 01/15/2026 - 11:49

The Brussels panto is back with a brand new telling of the classic story of Puss in Boots! A tale of millers, postmen, ogres and cats with a very Belgian spin, the ECC panto offers fun for all the family! 

With all the fabulous costumes, spectacular dance numbers, beautiful songs and truly terrible jokes you've come to expect from the Brussels pantomime, Puss in Boots is the perfect way to dispel those winter blues! Get your tickets at the link below!

Show times at the Auderghem Cultural Centre:

Affordable Art Fair Brussels returns to Tour & Taxis from 4 to 8 February

Affordable Art Fair Brussels returns to Tour & Taxis for its 17th edition with 91 Belgian and international galleries showing more than 600 established and emerging artists. From 4 to 8 February, the contemporary art fair is a beacon for collectors and art enthusiasts alike to view and purchase...

Brussels contemporary music ensemble Ictus return with more concerts

Brussels contemporary music ensemble Ictus is performing in two upcoming productions at the opening festival 164VAN VOLXEM of a newly-renovated contemporary performing space in Forest. Running from 30 January to 22 February, it includes two prestigious works with the Ictus ensemble, a collective of...

Private security personnel could be deployed in prisons due to guard shortage

Belgian justice minister Annelies Verlinden (CD&V) is considering deploying private security personnel in prisons to address overpopulation and a shortage of qualified officers, Bruzz reports. But the private security agents would only carry out “contactless surveillance assignments,” Verlinden...
Photo: © Bernard Rosenberg

The Seasons: A new year-long Tchaikovsky series by Belgian artist Marie François bridging music, poetry and visual art

Belgian concert pianist Marie François is the creative spirit behind a unique contemporary multimedia arts project that is artistically enlivening each month this year. The Seasons immerses audiences in the 12 piano pieces by Tchaikovsky that were originally performed throughout 1876. Commemorating...

€30,000 raised for farmer arrested for dumping potatoes in Grand-Place

A farmer who dumped several tonnes of potatoes in Brussels’ Grand-Place during a recent protest has raised more than €30,000 for legal support and has appealed for a pardon from Belgium's King Philippe. Aurélien Holvoet was arrested and questioned by a magistrate on Sunday before being released...

Homeless crisis: 750 sleeping on streets, mayors ignore call for emergency shelters

The mayors of several Brussels municipalities have failed to reply to a request from the Brussels region to offer vacant buildings as crisis shelters for the homeless, as an estimated 750 people are left sleeping on the streets during what has recently been an especially cold winter. In many cases...

Belgian federal police scraps multi-million-euro digitisation project

The Belgian government has pulled the plug on an expensive police digitisation project, which was launched to modernise and combine outdated IT systems used by local and federal police forces. More than €75 million has already been spent on the i-Police programme, but Belgian newspaper Le Soir has...

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