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Greece Is the Word! @7 entertains the troops at closing event of BBID

The ‘friendsetters’ at @Seven sure know how to throw a party and, for their part, the Greeks know how to attend one. Last night’s event, Greece Is the Word, at the Bouche à Oreille simultaneously marked the official closing of The Bulletin’s Brussels International Days and celebrated the current...

One-quarter of voters still undecided

Depending on the region, one-quarter to one-fifth of voters in Belgium are still undecided in the last days before the federal election on Sunday, May 25. In the latest entrance poll by global market research company Ipsos, the Flemish nationalist party N-VA, led by Bart De Wever ( pictured ),...

Film director Peter Jackson visits Belgian war memorials

Peter Jackson, the director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit movies, was in West Flanders on Wednesday as part of a tour of the Westhoek dedicated to First World War remembrance. The unannounced visit surprised local authorities, who had no idea the world-famous filmmaker was coming...

Brussels sex workers victims of "aggression and intimidation"

A group of 65 Brussels sex workers have signed an open letter protesting at new police regulations that have banned them from working in the Alhambra neighbourhood. The women used to work in the streets around KVS theatre in central Brussels, near Ijzer metro, but since March, they have been forced...

Vilvoorde says farewell to Jean-Luc Dehaene

At 11.00 this morning in Vilvoorde began the farewell service for Belgium’s former Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene, who died on May 15 after a fall while on holiday, age 73. Hundreds of people have gathered to show their respect, including a number of big names from Belgium and abroad. The service...

More alcohol checks during World Cup

The Belgian police are launching a new designated driver (‘BOB’) campaign during the World Cup matches, according to Het Laatste Nieuws . The campaign will include extra police checkpoints and alcohol controls during and after the matches, especially when the Belgian Red Devils are playing. “Along...
Siân Pottok, Brussels Jazz Marathon

Culture beat – May 22

Belgian gastronomy and the country’s sizzling, starred chefs are centrestage at the Culinaria food show at Tour & Taxis until tomorrow (May 25). This year’s theme, Original Feast, sees a host of established and rising talents, create some exciting menus. Among them are Yves Mattagne, Vincent...

New online course offers free training in media literacy

Hasselt’s PXL University College and the Knowledge Centre for Media Literacy are collaborating to provide a free course in media literacy beginning next January. The course deals with topics like online privacy, effective searching with Google and the impact of the digital world on our health. For...

Brussels public transport authority invests in automatic metros

Brussels public transport authority STIB/MIVB is investing €430 million in 43 new metro trains to make the lines 1 (Weststation – Stockel) and 5 (Erasmus – Hermann-Debroux) fully automatic, without the need for drivers. The new phase of development will begin in 2019, when the metros will be...

Belgium scores low for competitiveness

Belgium continues to drop lower in the list of the most competitive countries, according to the annual World Competitiveness Ranking 2013 by the Institute for Management Development (IMD), which shows Belgium dropping from 26th to 28th place. Out of a total of 60 countries, the United States,...

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