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'Patients at risk': Brussels ambulances too quiet, says Red Cross

The maximum volume of sirens for emergency vehicles has been reduced in the Brussels region since the start of the new year, but the Red Cross has warned that this is resulting in dangerous accidents. New emergency vehicles in Brussels can no longer exceed 100 decibels during the day and 90...

Ixelles stops feeding contraceptives to pigeons

A programme aimed at reducing the pigeon population in Ixelles by feeding the birds contraceptives has ended after operating for three years, with the municipality saying it has noticed the positive effects but cannot afford to keep it going. Non-profit organisation Les Plumes d'Ixelles distributed...

Football violence leaves lasting effect on Molenbeek family

Two months after a hardware store owner and his son were brutally beaten by football hooligans in Brussels, the family is still struggling to process the racially motivated attack. The Ziani family, who opened the Brico Ben shop in Molenbeek in 1995, explained in an interview with Bruzz that the...

Tervuren: The perfect day out is on your doorstep

With its landscaped gardens, access to the Sonian Forest and a top-class museum, there’s another world to discover in Tervuren just outside Brussels.

Getting to the municipality, just east of Brussels, is all part of the fun. Board the 44 tram at Montgomery on the edge of the European quarter, and after a picturesque 20-minute ride you’re in a different world. As you leave behind the capital’s pretty suburbs, the tram plunges into the forest, emerging on the outskirts of Tervuren, where culture, nature and history await.

Sales slump for fashion while other sectors see success

Summer sales figures this year have been slightly disappointing for the fashion sector, but encouraging for others, according to provisional estimates from the Union des Classes Moyennes (UCM) at the end of the last weekend of discounts. While the fashion sector is a little disappointed and "...

Brussels weighs options for future of Metro 3

Brussels public transport operator Stib has presented the region's caretaker government with six possible scenarios for the future of metro line 3 - from completely realising the works as planned, to pausing them or scrapping them altogether. The 65-page technical report, leaked to RTBF and Bruzz,...

Ixelles unveils plans to improve Porte de Namur neighbourhood

The Brussels municipality of Ixelles has announced plans to "bring back vitality" to one of the city's busiest neighbourhoods, around the Porte de Namur, in a partnership between public authorities, real estate owners, investors and local groups. A digital platform MaPortedeNamur.be is also being...

Subsidies cut for two Brussels theatres

Two of Brussels' best-known theatres – Théâtre Royal du Parc and the Royal Flemish Theatre, KVS - will see their funds cut by 15% this year - representing a combined loss of about €300,000. "Making budget cuts now, when the year is under way, is astonishing," said KVS director Michael De Cock. "It’...

Belgium returns 2,500-year-old sarcophagus to Egypt

Following a long and complex legal procedure, two artefacts including a wooden sarcophagus found in Brussels a decade ago have been returned to Egypt. The elaborately carved coffin is about 2,500 years old, the capital’s public prosecutor’s office said. In 2015, the Brussels Capital-Ixelles police...

Belgium plans to shut down half of its tax offices

Some 22 of the Belgian finance ministry's 43 tax offices around the country will close their doors by 2030 due to the austerity measures of the new federal government. The decision, which is part of the Horizon 2030 plan, aims to reduce the number of local tax offices to 21 central agencies...

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