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Nearly 6,000 Brussels drivers caught calling or texting behind the wheel

In the first quarter of 2016, Belgian police fined 27,674 drivers for using a mobile phone while driving. Of those caught, 5,652 were driving in the Brussels-Capital Region, writes Bruzz. If the trend continues through the remainder of 2016, it would result in 110,700 violations annually, a slight...

Food Agency hands out warnings to 35% of Ixelles retailers

Inspectors from Belgium's Federal Agency for Food Safety earlier this month carried out a routine check in the Brussels commune of Ixelles, and found that 35% of the restaurants, cafés, bakeries and other food businesses had hygiene shortcomings that required a warning, writes Bruzz. The...

Belgium to lose €70 million as richest resident moves out, economist says

The richest Belgian Alexandre Van Damme's impending move to Switzerland will cost the Belgian treasury €70 million, according to economist Geert Noels. Noels (pictured) used Twitter to express his criticism of the Belgian government's tendency to repel the country's wealthiest people, writes Het...

Child's play: Our ideas to banish holiday boredom in Belgium

Brexit vote four months later: 'Britain can never leave Europe'

It is four months today since the British people voted by a margin of 52% to 48% to leave the European Union. Now Britain has two choices, says Peter Wilding of British Influence. "It can either be an arsonist of Europe through this referendum, or it can be a forerunner," he tells The Bulletin. "We...

Brussels US election night party: Your questions answered

Forget EU summits, the biggest political gathering on everyoneís lips is the upcoming US presidential election night on 8 November. While across the Atlantic, Clinton and Trump continue to battle it out in an increasingly testy campaign, Brussels gears up for its own election night extravaganza...

Brussels US election night party: Your questions answered

Forget EU summits, the biggest political gathering on everyoneís lips is the upcoming US presidential election night on 8 November. While across the Atlantic, Clinton and Trump continue to battle it out in an increasingly testy campaign, Brussels gears up for its own election night extravaganza...

Belgium to lose €70 million as richest resident moves out, economist says

The richest Belgian Alexandre Van Damme's impending move to Switzerland will cost the Belgian treasury €70 million, according to economist Geert Noels. Noels ( pictured ) used Twitter to express his criticism of the Belgian government's tendency to repel the country's wealthiest people, writes Het...

Brexit vote four months later: 'Britain can never leave Europe'

It is four months today since the British people voted by a margin of 52% to 48% to leave the European Union. Now Britain has two choices, says Peter Wilding of British Influence. "It can either be an arsonist of Europe through this referendum, or it can be a forerunner," he tells The Bulletin. "We...

Brussels US election night party: Your questions answered

Forget EU summits, the biggest political gathering on everyone’s lips is the upcoming US presidential election night on 8 November. While across the Atlantic, Clinton and Trump continue to battle it out in an increasingly testy campaign, Brussels gears up for its own election night extravaganza...

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