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Charleroi Airport announces six new routes for the summer season

Six new routes have been added to Brussels South Charleroi Airport’s summer schedule for 2024, the airport has announced. The launch of the high season from 31 March to 27 October sees destinations in Ireland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sweden, Italy, Croatia and a Portuguese town in the Azores...

The Day the Sky Hung Low

Submitted by Harlan Levey Pr... on Fri, 03/29/2024 - 14:38

The Day the Sky Hung Low, Ella Littwitz’s second solo exhibition at Harlan Levey Projects, revisits the deserted geography around the Dead Sea, which has inspired her practice for nearly a decade.  It is in this inhospitable setting that she finds extreme geography, geologic forces, and characteristics in the shifting landscape that inform her work as they lead her to reflections on the political, social, historical and cultural realities in the region. 


Van Hool heads towards bankruptcy, possible takeover looms

Bus manufacturer Van Hool is heading for bankruptcy, followed by a potential takeover and restart of the business, management suggested at a press conference this week. The plant tried to avoid bankruptcy by negotiating with the Flemish government and a deadline of Monday was set for reaching an...

Brussels launches fundraiser and collection for eastern Congo

The City of Brussels has launched a large-scale fundraising campaign aimed at proiding clothes and other essentials to the people of eastern Congo, a region that has been gripped by ongoing violence for decades. With the situation escalating as M23 rebels take control in parts of eastern Congo,...

Eric’s Garden: Too busy to do it yourself

Overijse-based Eric’s Garden is a long-established local business serving clients south of Brussels.

Founded by Eric (pictured above) in 1997, he and his team specialise in all-year-round garden maintenance services.

Mowing lawns, trimming hedges, borders, weeding flower beds, scarification, fertilizers… “We offer a full and personalised service following the need of the client,” underlines Eric.

Eric's Garden

Daylight saving: Clocks go forward on Easter Sunday

Clocks go forward one hour across Europe on 31 March in the annual daylight saving time change. In Belgium, clocks will advance by one hour at 2.00, so that technically we lose one hour of sleep. According to current EU law, clocks in all members states change on the same date, but the time for...

What’s on this week: 29 March to 4 April

The Easter bunnies are scampering around BELvue museum , and for children to track down precious chocolate treats, they need to unlock a code by completing a series of missions all around the museum. Don’t forgot to bring your basket for the activity, which is in English, French & Dutch. (...

Brussels approves limited opening of Palais Stoclet

Brussels heritage lovers will rejoice that Austrian architect Josef Hoffman’s Viennese Secession masterpiece the Palais Stoclet, which stands proud at the top of the Avenue de Tervuren topped by gleaming copper statues, is set to open to the public for up to 15 days a year. The Brussels government...

New flights from Brussels to Shanghai from summer

From June this year, the Belgian capital will once again be linked directly to Shanghai, two airlines have announced. From 18 June, there will be up to three direct flights a day from Brussels Airport to China. The first airline is Hainan Airlines, with four flights a week on Mondays, Tuesday,...

Vandenbroucke to address reimbursing speech therapy fees for low IQ children

Belgium’s social affairs and public health minister Franck Vandenbroucke has pledged to change the current situation where parents of children with low IQs do not get reimbursed for special educational needs sessions with a speech therapist. Each "logopédie" session costs €72 per hour. Normally 150...

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