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Half a million more traffic offences in 2024 than previous year

Nearly half a million more traffic offences were recorded in 2024 than in 2023, according to new figures published this week by the justice ministry. In total, 7,448,482 offences were recorded in 2024, an increase of 499,681 compared to the previous year. The increase is especially notable in...

Brussels Airport plans €500 million expansion

Brussels Airport is investing €500 million into an expansion intended to help cope with the growing number of passengers. The project includes the expansion and complete redesign of the arrival and departure halls, the creation of a new intermodal hub and the construction of a new four-star hotel...
Liberation of Brussels 1944 - Belga

Brussels officially becomes an 'anti-fascist city'

The city of Brussels has unanimously adopted a motion declaring the capital to be an 'anti-fascist city' ahead of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Europe on 8 May. Initially tabled by Ecolo-Groen, the motion was warmly welcomed by socialist, liberal and Christian democrat...

Quarter of a million Belgians are second-jobbers

One in 20 workers in Belgium has two jobs - or more - according to the latest figures from Statbel, Belgium’s statistics office. Some 5.5% of workers in Belgium combined multiple jobs last year, corresponding to 279,000 people, a slight increase over the 2023 figures, with almost equal numbers of...
Pope Francis in Belgium in 2024 - Belga

Koekelberg Basilica to hold memorial service for Pope Francis on Thursday

A memorial mass for Pope Francis is to be held in Koekelberg Basilica in Brussels on Thursday at 19.00, reports Bruzz. The service at the national church will be presided over by the primate of Belgium, Archbishop Luc Terlinden. Following the death of the head of the Catholic church on Monday, the...

Brussels' six police zones could merge by 2027

A plan to merge Brussels' six local police zones into a single unit is gathering pace and could be operational by January 2027. The plan, which interior minister Bernard Quintin presented to Brussels' 19 mayors last week, would bring the capital's 7,700 police officers together under a single...

‘Slow Looking Saturday’ - Everyday historians

Submitted by houseeuropeanhistory on Tue, 04/22/2025 - 13:12

Slow Looking Saturday is a museum series taking place during the temporary exhibition ‘Presence of the Past – a Photo Album’. 

Every first Saturday of the month at 14:30, come and delve into a topic of the exhibition through specific photographs for an hour. A facilitator will accompany you and the group to look at a photograph at a different pace and take the time to reflect on it. Collectively the sessions will cover all the rooms in the exhibition, through the slow looking practice and learning of historical facts based on the group’s observations and reflections.

Flow open-air swimming in Brussels - Pool is Cool

Pool is Cool announces permanent closure of Brussels outdoor pool Flow

Brussels outdoor swimming initiative Pool is Cool is permanently closing its seasonal swimming pool Flow at the end of May. In announcing the end of the canalside pop-up pool in Anderlecht, the community nonprofit organisation called on local authorities “to create permanent, accessible outdoor...

Court overturns SNCB decision to build new trains in Spain

A decision by Belgian rail operator SNCB to buy hundreds of new trains from a Spanish constructor - potentially putting up to 800 Belgian jobs at risk - has been suspended by Belgium's highest administrative court. The Council of State said the tender process, which saw Spanish firm CAF beat Bruges...

Lidl supermarket in Ixelles shut down due to vermin

An Ixelles branch of discount supermarket chain Lidl has been forced to close after droppings from vermin were found in the store. The federal agency for food chain safety, Afsca, ordered the Lidl on Rue Gray to close last week. "We consider [the presence of rodents] to be an immediate and serious...

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