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Bourse memorial site to be cleared on Friday

The memorial site in front of the Bourse, which arose spontaneously after the Brussels terror attacks of 22 March, will be cleared on Friday, writes De Standaard . For weeks following the attacks, hundreds of people made their way to the square in Brussels city centre to express their grief, many...

Non-profit sector to hold demonstration on 10 June

LBC-NVK, the largest trade union federation within the Christian union ACV-CSC, has announced it will hold a demonstration in Brussels on 10 June to protest against the plans for the reconfiguration of the health care sector put forth by Flemish welfare minister Jo Vandeurzen. The union claims that...

Business slowly returns to normal at Brussels restaurants

While a number of restaurants in Brussels continue to struggle with the effects of a drastically reduced clientele two months after the terror attacks of 22 March, various organisations have reported that a modest recovery is underway. One particularly sunny holiday weekend in mid-May contributed...

Child Focus alarmed at number of missing refugee minors

The Brussels-based Child Focus is working to alert authorities and the public about the number of missing unaccompanied refugee minors in the country. In the first four months of this year, the organisation opened 32 case files, compared to 36 in the whole of 2015. According to director Heidi De...

Proximus reveals priority list for mobile calls

On the day of the terrorist attacks in Brussels on 22 March, mobile phone operator Proximus introduced a priority calls system to allow 50 senior officials and others to use the network in Brussels even when it was saturated for other users. The move was revealed this week by Proximus CEO Dominique...

Brussels Art Institute saved by Flemish Community

The Brussels Art Institute (BAI) in Anderlecht, run by Flemish artist Jan De Cock, has been pulled back from the brink of closure by the Flemish Community Commission (VGC), which manages Flemish affairs in Brussels. Students from the Sint-Lukas arts secondary school in Schaerbeek are currently...

What's on this week: 20-27 May

Win tickets: The Live Comedy Festival is back with an impressive range of international star stand-ups from now until mid-June, in Antwerp and Brussels. Performances this year include the UK's Jimmy Carr, the brilliant ventriloquist Nina Conti and American Reginald D Hunter. 24 May, 20.00 at CC...

Brussels setting for new Michael Roskam film

For the production of his latest film Le Fidèle ( The Faithful ), Belgian director Michael R. Roskam is in Brussels over the next few months to shoot numerous scenes from the movie. It is his third feature film after Bullhead and The Drop . The first released image from his new film ( pictured )...

Belgium gets official animal police

Flemish minister for animal welfare Ben Weyts has announced that Belgium's Animal Welfare service will expand from 19- to 30 full-time jobs, thus becoming a full-fledged animal police. The new animal police will carry out more thorough checks on reports of animal cruelty across the country, and...

Belgians work surprisingly close to home

The average distance travelled by a Belgian worker between his residence and work is 19 kilometres. The car remains the most popular means of transport, but the bicycle is making a strong comeback, writes Metrotime. While the high traffic congestion in Belgium may say otherwise, more than 68% of...

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