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Day out: The Bulletin’s guide to Mons

With the Hainaut capital basking in the glow of its prestigious title, there’s never been a better time to visit the city. Until the end of the year, Mons 2015 offers a packed cultural programme and entertainment for all ages. See for yourself how Mons has undergone large-scale urban regeneration,...

Culture beat: 30 October

The leisure pool complex Océade at Heysel offers swimmers a scary Halloween experience until Sunday. Every day at 15.00 the pool’s water turns into a red bloodbath. Fear not, the pool says it uses a 100% natural colourant. Meanwhile, in the centre of the city, the ghosts of Brussels’ past appear as...

Brussels is home to world's second most diverse population

One-fifth of all migrants live in 20 major cities around the world, and Brussels is one of them. After Dubai, Brussels is the city with the highest percentage of residents born abroad. More than six in ten Brussels residents were not born in Belgium, writes De Tijd based on the World Migration...

Belgian prisoner costs nearly €125 per day

A Belgian prisoner costs society €124.81 per day, according to federal justice minister Koen Geens. The minister calculates that Belgium's 11,091 prisoners in 2013 cost the country approximately €505 million, or €124.81 a day. Geens also provides a detailed breakdown of the cost: €103.32 per day...

Ethiopian Airlines leaves Brussels Airport with loss of 'hundreds of jobs'

Ethiopian Airlines is moving its cargo operations out of Brussels Airport to Maastricht in the Netherlands because of a continuing dispute between the airports at Brussels and Liège, the company said. The decision, which takes effect on 1 November, would lead to the loss of “hundreds of jobs,”...

More than 1,200 Belgians waiting for an organ donation

Belgium ranks second in Europe, after Croatia, in terms of organ donation numbers. And yet there are still 1,276 Belgians on the waiting list for an organ transplant. The FPS Public Health has therefore launched the 10th edition of Beldonor, a major organ donation awareness campaign, writes De...

Insects are the future, says Belgian bug chef

Since opening the first restaurant in Belgium to serve insects, chef David Creëlle has turned it into a successful catering business, published a cookbook, and launched the food company Bugs World Solution Food. Later this week Creëlle will introduce his new insect burgers during the World Food...

Free breakfast on Thursday for Brussels cyclists

Breakfast was handed out to cyclists on Thursday morning at various stops across Brussels, in an initiative of Brussels mobility minister Pascal Smet and various cycling organisations. The free breakfast was offered between 7.30 and 8.30 at Brussels' three major train stations – South, Central and...

Greenpeace critical of climate accord, coalition parties express doubt

The Belgian chapter of Greenpeace has criticised the environment ministers of the three regions and the federal government concerning an agreement on climate change. Details were leaked this week on the share each party will take of the sale of carbon dioxide licences, as well as targets for the...

Mail deliveries resume as court orders postal staff back to work

Postal deliveries should start returning to normal, after a week in which unions picketed sorting centres, preventing mail from going out. Earlier in the week, a court issued a ruling ordering unions to lift their pickets at centres in Brussels, Charleroi and Liège. “That means that people in the...

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