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Klara Festival puts spiritual passions centre stage

After exploring love and passion last year, the Klara Festival in Brussels this year turns to passion in the religious and spiritual sense. “The festival is conceived as a collage, a combination of universal stories about passion and compassion,” explains Klara artistic director Hendrik Storme. The...

Air traffic returns to normal after delays at Brussels Airport

Several delays on Monday at Brussels Airport are now resolved, according to Belgocontrol spokesperson Dominique Dehaene, writes Het Laatste Nieuws . The delays were caused by winter weather conditions at the airport, including snow and ice and poor visibility due to the fog. Several other European...

Self-driving lorries take to Belgian motorways

From the end of March, self-driving lorries will be seen on Belgium's motorways in a pilot project to test the feasibility of the system in Belgium, reports Het Nieuwsblad . The experiment involves caravans of two to three lorries travelling in convoy a short distance apart and directed by GPS,...

Brussels couple introduces locals to acroyoga

While California beaches and London parks are filling up with acroyogis, Belgium is still new to the trendy practice that fuses yoga, acrobatics and Thai massage. A Flemish-Greek teaching duo now gives curious locals a chance to get a taste of the increasingly popular workout. When entering the...

'Irish culture in a European setting': Celebrating St Patrick's Day in Brussels

The Irish community of Brussels will once again take over the Parc du Cinquantenaire next weekend for the annual St Patrick's Day festival, which was "supposed to be a one-off event" when it was first held almost 10 years ago. The Belgium GAA club will be hosting the festival on 13 March in...

16,000 visitors for Museum Night Fever

The ninth edition of Museum Night Fever on Saturday drew about 16,000 people to museums across Brussels, slightly fewer than last year's edition with 17,000 visitors. The late night openings in 24 participating museums led to a total of 45,000 museum visits, according to Brusselnieuws. Museum Night...

Saint-Gilles to get own folklore festival and parade

The Brussels commune of Saint-Gilles this year is to get its own folklore festival and parade centred around the figure of the Water Carrier ( La Porteuse d'Eau ) from the statue in the centre of the Barrière, announced social cohesion minister Thierry Van Campenhout. The festival, to take place on...

1,000 more cameras planned for railway stations

The federal government has agreed to budget €17 million to improve safety in the country’s railway stations. The money will go to funding the installation of about 1,000 more cameras in stations, as well as security gates similar to those used in the Brussels metro. Mobility minister Jacqueline...

E-cigarettes legal but cannot contain additives, says health minister

Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, sold in Belgium cannot contain vitamins or stimulating substances such as caffeine. The coloured smoke also offered by some brands is also prohibited, according to a new federal decree from public health minister Maggie De Block. The electronic cigarette is...

VUB finds 'gigantic particle accelerator' in Milky Way

The Milky Way galaxy seems to contain a gigantic particle accelerator, probably in the form of an enormous star. That is the discovery of a research team at the Free University of Brussels (VUB), led by astrophysicist Stijn Buitink. Their findings are published in the science magazine Nature. The...

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