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Summer-long ban on biker gatherings

The mayors of Lanaken and Maasmechelen, Limburg province, will ban all events organised by the Hells Angels and Outlaws biker gangs this summer, several newspapers report today. The gangs have been involved in a turf war on the Belgo-Dutch border for months. The rivalry between the two biker gangs...

Belgian and French business schools launch joint MBA programme

Solvay Brussels School of Economics (pictured) and Management and the ENPC School of International Management in Paris have announced the launch of a joint MBA programme. The total length of the new MBA programme is fifteen months, and will be split into three five-month parts. For the first part...

Chocolate academy to open in Belgium

Chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut is building the largest of its training centres in Wieze, East Flanders. Minister for economy Johan Vande Lanotte yesterday laid the first stone of this ‘chocolate academy’. The training centres offer a range of courses and tutorials for professionals. Nearly...

VAT exemption for lawyers comes to an end

The Belgian Federal Government has announced that as of 1 January 2014 the current VAT exemption for lawyers will be abolished, reports Tax And Belgium’s Koen Dewilde . Belgian was, until now, the only country in the European Union where legal services remained exempt from VAT. Previously this...

Restobières

Submitted by Robyn Boyle on Fri, 07/05/2013 - 10:16

At first we’re charmed by the interior, complete with wooden tables and tiled floors, low ceilings and plenty of vintage knick-knacks. But disappointment sets in early, as we’re blatantly ignored by our server. When he finally does arrive with the menus, it’s clear that he’d rather be somewhere else. And speaking Dutch to our all-Flemish party (myself excluded) does not appear on his list of job requirements.

Culture beat - July 4

With the month of July predicted to be a scorcher, Brussels’ annual outdoor film festival Bruxelles fait son cinéma is preparing to screen movie favourites under the stars. From July 9 to 19, eleven communes around the city are set to host the annual event. The first film on Tuesday is Camille...

“Philippe is well prepared to succeed me” - Albert

As predicted, King Albert yesterday announced that he would abdicate in favour of his son Philippe on July 21. "It's with emotion that I address every one of you today," he said in a broadcast. "I'm in my 80th year, an age never before reached by my predecessors (...) my age and health no longer...

Bogus Pakistani NGO leaves Brussels for London

The Kashmir Centre, a self-proclaimed NGO acting as a front for Pakistani intelligence services, is to leave Brussels and relocate to London, Le Soir reports today. The association had been active for nearly ten years in the capital where it has long been monitored by State security, which regarded...

eBay buys popular Belgian classifieds websites

E-commerce giant eBay has announced that it has acquired Belgian online classifieds websites 2dehands.be and 2ememain.be (Dutch and French for ‘second-hand’, respectively), writes The Next Web’s Robin Wauters . As a result of the acquisition, the sites will be folded into the eBay Classifieds Group...

Belgian ‘Mad Man’ becomes Texan craft beer sensation

Belgium-born Wim Bens is a prime example of the ongoing popularity of craft brewing in the United States, writes The Exchange’s Chris Nichols . A native of Belgium whose family brought him to Texas when he was seven years old, Bens left a career in advertising to become a full-time craft-beer maker...

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