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Senate committee passes amendment extending euthanasia rights to minors

A proposal to extend the right to euthanasia to minors passed by a vote of 26 to 8 yesterday in the Senate committee on justice and social affairs. The measure received broad cross-party support, although CD&V and its French-speaking counterpart cdh voted against, together with Vlaams Belang...

Artificial sandbanks may be key to protecting Belgian coast

Flanders’ minister of public works, Hilde Crevits, has told a conference on super storms that three artificial sandbanks might be built to protect the Belgian coastline between Zeebrugge and the Dutch border. The last of the sandbanks would extend into Dutch coastal waters off the town of Cadzand...

Boitsfort Hippodrome gets skating rink, health course and restaurant in €5m plan

The Hippodrome of Boitsfort is set for a new lease of life, after 15 years of abandon, concession holders VO Group said. The Hippodrome was a popular racecourse from 1875, the only one in the Brussels region and another of the innovations of Leopold II, a fan of horse-racing. However like its...

Winter accommodation for homeless fully occupied by Gesú squatters

SamuSocial, the Brussels service for the homeless, has started turning away families looking for accommodation, arguing that the additional capacity laid on for the winter period has been fully taken up by former squatters from the Gesú convent. SamuSocial has space for 450 people, but only a...

Wage watchers: how much does the owner of a B&B earn?

Johan Leeman, 45, from Leuven, talks about what he earns and how he spends it What is your job? I keep a bed & breakfast, De Waterlies in the Redingenstraat in Leuven. I'd always dreamed of having a B&B. Five years ago I came across this modern Art Deco house from 1935, and I was sold. Two...

Ryanair could fly to Brussels

The Irish low-cost airline Ryanair is planning business flights out of Brussels Airport in Zaventem, the company said. At present Ryanair flies only out of Charleroi – renamed “Brussels South” for marketing reasons. Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary was due to give a press conference today to shed...

Belgian school teachers know their maths

Flanders ranks third in the world for the quality of its maths teaching in primary and secondary schools, according to a new study released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The region is close on the heels behind leaders Japan and Finland and ahead of neighbours...

Brussels taxi drivers protest new meter requirements

Traffic in Brussels was severely disrupted yesterday as 250 taxi drivers blocked roads in protest at the introduction of a digital taximeter imposed by the Brussels-Capital Region. The main action took place on the inner ring road, where protesters blocked both streets and tunnels. Some 150 taxis...

Belgian trade delegation closes deals in India

A Belgian trade delegation led by Princess Astrid ( pictured ) is in India this week, with scheduled visits to the capital New Delhi and the economic capital Mumbai. The main focus will be on trade links, but Flemish Minister-President Kris Peeters will also take the opportunity to talk to...

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