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Wage Watchers : How much does a Senior Technical Writer earn?

What do you do? I work for Vision, a creative and dynamic team that is active in the fields of communication, e-learning and company documentation. I am currently working as Senior Technical Writer on a long-term project for a client on site with a few other colleagues. The project consists mostly...

Seventy-five percent of expats feel unsafe cycling in Brussels

More than 200 expats took part in an online survey about their cycling experiences in Brussels. Questions focused on bicycle safety, the quality of cycle lanes, the bike-sharing system Villo! and possible solutions to making the city more bike-friendly. The results , compiled by cycling advocate...

Prime Minister Di Rupo works the night shift

Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo spent last night visiting various night workers on the job. "About 12 percent of all workers work at night,” he acknowledged, “and they carry out essential jobs but are so little talked about." As part of his election campaign, Di Rupo started his night shift...

Wastewater treatment projects get new subsidies

Joke Schauvliege, Flanders’ environment minister, has agreed to a subsidy programme for sewage projects, increasing the designated budget by one-quarter to €138 million. The investment is to improve water quality in rivers and streams so Flanders can meet European requirements. The 281 projects...

Flemish government to curb unofficial tourist accommodation

After Uber, the rideshare app, the government of Flanders is now actively looking to ban the letting of rooms in the region to tourists through websites like couchsurfing.org and airbnb.be. Those offering accommodation via such a site can expect to get a letter about the new regulation, at the risk...

Belgian footballer Kompany opens sports pubs

The captain of the Belgian national football team, Vincent Kompany, is opening new sports pubs in the centres of Brussels and Antwerp. The footballer’s aim is for Good Kompany to become the place to be for sports fans in both cities, by broadcasting all major world sporting events on huge screens...

Museum of Broken Relationships comes to Brussels

Painful break-up? Stuff lying around that reminds you of your ex? Donate it to the Museum of Broken Relationships, a temporary exhibition set to open in the visitor centre of the European Parliament on June 16. Brussels residents have until May 18 to contribute to the collection . The idea for the...

One-third of traffic fines goes to improving safety

One-third of the revenue from traffic fines in Belgium goes toward improving road safety, while the rest disappears into the state treasury, according to figures that politician Sabien Lahaye-Battheu requested from State Secretary for Mobility Melchior Wathelet. Only €1 out of every €3 collected...

Erroneous letters give 700 patients cancer scare

A “stupid mistake on the part of a member of staff” was responsible for a false alarm in which more than 700 people who had routine scans for colon cancer received a letter advising them to take further tests. The recipients of the letter were among 249,000 people who were invited by the Flemish...

First World War tourism ignores Mesen

Sandy Evrard, the mayor of the small village of Mesen in southern West Flanders on the border with France, expressed his anger yesterday at colleagues from other First World War cities in the province. The statements were brought on by the launch of a special war tour bus that will take in some of...

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