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Digital minds think alike at Brussels tech conference

The iMinds conference in Brussels explores the latest thinking on digital innovation, while showcasing projects by Flemish researchers that are putting these new ideas into practice. Danny Goderis and Luc Van den hove, the chief executives of iMinds and imec respectively, will open the conference,...

US Embassy to move to former Axa building in Watermael-Boitsfort

The US Embassy in Boulevard du Régent will in 2018 move its headquarters to the former Axa building located in the leafy Brussels commune of Watermael-Boitsfort, reports L'Echo . The US Embassy's current location near the intersection with the busy Rue de la Loi will be traded in for a greener...

Rue de Laeken and Rue du Midi reopen to traffic

Rue de Laeken and Rue du Midi will reopen to traffic in both directions, the aldermen of the City of Brussels announced on Thursday. The amendment to the circulation plan should help lure more people back to the city centre, writes Bruzz. For Rue de Laeken, the decision is final, according to...

Independent Brussels: a new way to do art fairs

A popular New York art fair which sets out to challenge the long-established model for showing art, has arrived in Brussels this weekend for its first European show. Independent was started in 2010 by gallerist Elizabeth Dee, who was tired with the non-evolving model for art fairs. The result is a...

Maelbeek station to reopen on Monday with memorial wall

Maelbeek metro station in Brussels, which has been closed since the terror attacks one month ago, reopens on Monday. There will be a memorial wall where people can leave messages. "The station has almost recovered," a spokesperson from local public transport operator STIB told Bruzz. “The places...

Brussels breaks down shanty town along railway lines

A group of some 55 Roma who built up a sort of shanty town along the railway lines between Laeken and Jette are to be moved on orders of a justice of the peace. The group had previously been living in a squat in Evere, but when they were evicted from that building, they set about building their own...

What's on this week: 22-29 April

Every spring, the 19th-century greenhouses at the royal palace in Laeken are opened to the public for three weeks. Closed Mondays. No advance ticket purchase, so expect to queue. On 26 April, the route is adapted for wheelchair users and visitors with disabilities. Until 6 May; Avenue du Parc Royal...

Germany asks Belgium to temporarily close two nuclear reactors

German environment minister Barbara Hendricks has asked Belgium to close the nuclear reactors Doel 3 in East Flanders and Tihange 2 in Liège province temporarily until they are determined to be safe. Germany will close down its own reactors by 2022, she said. The two Belgian reactors were closed in...

Government aid for Brussels business owners

During a meeting on Wednesday between the Brussels government and the social partners, several measures were put forward to provide emergency relief to businesses suffering from the effects of the March terror attacks in the capital. These include a free public transport pass for tourists, a budget...

SNCB to invest €80 million in Brussels South station

Belgian railway company SNCB will invest €80 million in the renovation of Brussels South station, announced minister-president Rudi Vervoort in the Brussels parliament. Mobility and public works minister Pascal Smet reacted with disappointment, calling the investment “substandard”, according to...

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