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12,700 people called locals during #CallBrussels campaign

The #CallBrussels campaign launched last week to freshen up the image of the capital following the publicity surrounding terrorist connections at the end of last year, has completed its first phase, taking 12,688 phone calls in just five days. Samples of some of the residents picking up the phone...

Brussels Airport jacks up security with more automated gates

Brussels Airport this week significantly bolstered border security by increasing the number of automated control gates at the airport from six to 24, write De Morgen and Het Laatste Nieuws . About 46,080 EU citizens arriving from a non-Schengen country will be able to pass through the automated...

Primary school children drink too little water, study shows

Three-quarters of primary school children in Belgium drink too little water and 92% don’t like using the toilet facilities at school, according to a study released by Ghent University (UGent) commissioned by water producer Spa. From September to November 2014, UGent scientists examined hydration...

National Bank still missing €151m worth of old Belgian francs

Last year, 69,282 old Belgian franc notes were exchanged for euros. Since the introduction of the euro in 2002, Belgians have exchanged their old Belgian francs for new euro banknotes, but there is another €151 million worth of francs still outstanding, writes De Standaard , based on figures from...

Belgium is fourth best country for work-life balance, study shows

Belgium scores among the top five in a list of countries with the best work-life balance, according to a study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The Better Life Index is a comparison of well-being across countries, based on 11 topics the OECD has identified as...

Culture Beat: 15 January

Performances from and about Tunisia come to Bozar in a mini-festival organised by Moussem, a “nomadic arts centre” focused on the Arabic world. The idea of the event is to explore the role the arts can play in Tunisia’s new, still-fragile democracy and to showcase work by Tunisian performers. Join...

Companies have right to track employee internet use, rules European Court

Businesses are allowed to follow the online behaviour of their employees, ruled the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) after a case in which an employee was sacked for holding private chat conversations during working hours, writes De Morgen . In 2007, Bogdan Mihai Barbulescu was dismissed by a...

New shopping centres: Uplace or Neo but not both, says Vervoort

The Brussels-Capital Region has room for one new major shopping centre but not two, according to minister-president Rudi Vervoort. “I don’t think Neo and Uplace can exist side by side,” he said. “There is only room in the market for one project of that size, and, in my opinion, it will be Neo.” Neo...

More and more films shot in Brussels

Never before were so many films shot in Brussels as in 2015, with a total of 331 productions made in the region, an increase of 57% in the past five years. Brussels is an especially popular location for commercials and television programmes, but there were also 37 feature films shot there last year...

Cars less popular among Belgian commuters

The car is still the most common means of transport for Belgians travelling between home and the workplace, but its popularity has been on the decline since 2005, as commuters are increasingly inclined to take the bike or public transport, reports De Morgen . In 2014, 65.6% of commuters in Belgium...

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