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Brussels canal zone gets €200 million from EU

The European Commission has announced funding of €200 million over the next six years for the canal zone in central Brussels – twice as much as the area received in the previous six years. The money is for Regional Development Fund investments in sustainable construction, waste management, food,...

Belgium sends B-Fast emergency help team to Nigeria

The federal government has sent two experts from the B-Fast emergency help response team to Nigeria, to determine how to help the families of the 223 girls abducted by the armed Islamist group Boko Haram last month. “The team has the full backing of the Nigerian government,” federal minister of...

More Belgian smokers seeking professional help

Never before have so many Belgians sought professional help to quit smoking. Last year 38,335 people sought help, almost twice as many as in 2010, report Het Belang van Limburg and Gazet van Antwerpen based on figures from the National Health and Disability Insurance (Inami). The number of Belgians...

Record number of passengers at Brussels Airport in April

Brussels Airport carried 1.9 million passengers in April, a record high, the airport announced Monday in a press release. The total number of passengers increased by 16.6% compared to the same period last year. The fact that this year’s Easter holidays all fell in April played a major role in the...

Brussels residents increasingly “flexitarian”

According to a survey of 400 Brussels residents, conducted by Belgian environment association Eva (Ethical Vegetarian Alternative), 17.5% of the population in the Brussels-Capital Region eats vegetarian at least three times a week. This trend has contributed to the creation of a new concept: “...

“Welcome Festival” in Bozar brings together Brussels' international community

A weekend of celebrating international diversity in the capital This weekend was full of celebration of Brussels' communities. There was Zinneke Parade , or the carnival-like Brussels parade that aims to build bridges between different cultures, communities and districts within Brussels. Then there...

Homeopathy now legally recognised in Belgium

Homeopathy is now officially recognised in Belgium as a distinct therapeutic system, according to the Royal Decree published today in het Staatsblad . The federal government already approved the proposal in July last year. Homeopathy encompasses the use of alternative treatments to conventional...

Brussels dance school PARTS' Research Studios saved temporarily

Brussels dance school PARTS will receive €500,000 in subsidies from the government of Flanders for the education programme Research Studios. The school is head by world-renowned Flemish choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. The programme, which was launched two years ago, takes two years to...

Genk and Turnhout nominated as tax "support zones"

The government of Flanders has applied to the federal government to have the areas around Genk and Turnhout declared “support zones”, allowing businesses that create jobs there to benefit from special tax conditions. Flemish minister-president Kris Peeters said he hoped the system could come into...

Summoned poll workers book flights to avoid civic duty

Two weeks before the next federal elections in Belgium on May 25, magistrates across the country are finding it increasingly difficult to find poll workers. Every year the magistrates receive thousands of excuse letters from people attempting to get out of fulfilling their civic duty, but this year...

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