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SUVs are taking over Brussels' streets, study finds

Brussels cars are getting heavier and bigger, making traffic more unsafe for all road users, according to a study commissioned by regional ministers Alain Maron (Ecolo) and Elke Van den Brandt (Groen). SUVs accounted for more than half of all new registrations in Brussels in 2023, the data showed...

Brussels’ Train Hostel reopens for homeless families

The Train Hostel in Schaerbeek is reopening this year to house the homeless until March 2025, the French-speaking Red Cross has announced. “Winter is approaching, and with it the implacable cold that threatens the most vulnerable – among them, entire families, single mothers with their children,...
Winter Wonders Christmas festivities Brussels

Winter Wonders festive extravaganza to illuminate Brussels from 29 November to 5 January

For its 2024 edition, Brussels’ Winter Wonders end-of-year festivities are adopting a Provencal air thanks to its guest of honour the Var region in southern France. The popular holiday destination’s culinary delights and fruits of its sun-drenched vineyards will occupy a village in Place de la...

Audi protests lead to clash, police intervention

Relations between workers and management following the closure of Audi’s Brussels factory are further deteriorating, as a recent meeting with union representatives ended in police intervention. Consultations were taking place on Wednesday afternoon, Bruzz reports. The focus of the meeting was...

Delay to Brussels' first pet crematorium

Plans for a first regional animal crematorium in the Brussels neighbourhood of Schaerbeek have stalled as a result of the recent municipal elections. “The lease contract with the municipality of Schaerbeek is still not completely finalised and due to the municipal elections the negotiations are at...

Battle of the Bulge: US veterans and Belgian royals to descend on Bastogne for 80th anniversary commemoration in December

King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium will join American veterans and international dignitaries for the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne on 14 December. In what is likely to be last large-scale commemoration of World War Two in Belgium with living veterans in attendance...

...it's about flowers - Ine Lammers

Submitted by Xavier Huysmans on Thu, 11/14/2024 - 18:18

This is a special moment for Ine Lammers, as a wise, grey age approaches and her five-year artistic research project draws to a close (and thus marks a new beginning).

Brussels Design Market

What’s on this week: 15 to 21 November

The biggest design market in Europe is on your doorstep. Dealers from across Europe come to Brussels Design Market , offering an endless array of home furnishings, from furniture to lighting to art to decorative objects. You’ll find vintage and contemporary pieces at a range of prices. Dive in and...

Film screening - Mother Courage and Her Children

Submitted by houseeuropeanhistory on Thu, 11/14/2024 - 11:38

As part of the temporary exhibition, “Bellum et Artes – Europe and the Thirty Years’ War”, the House of European History proudly presents three extraordinary and very different European films that represent and (re)imagine the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648).

The films will be introduced in English by film curator Wouter Hessels and will be followed by a Q&A and discussion. 

Entrance to the screenings is free - registration in advance is mandatory.

Bart de Wever given two more weeks to form federal government

N-VA party leader Bart De Wever will continue his work as formateur in leading negotiations for forming a new Belgian federal government for at least another two weeks, the royal palace has announced. “The King has noted that there has not yet been a decisive breakthrough in forming a new...

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