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Almost five million visitors: Record year for Brussels museums

Brussels museums saw record attendance in 2023 with at least 4.98 million visitors – an increase of 20% over 2022. The figure is slightly higher than that of 2019, the year previously considered to be the best on record. The count represents tourists and locals alike and is welcome news for a...
Winter Wonders 2023 City of Brussels

Brussels’ Winter Wonders drew more than four million visitors to its 2023 edition

The city of Brussels is celebrating a successful 23rd edition of its annual end-of-year festivities after recording just over 4 million visitors, it announced. Winter Wonders made the capital "shine both in Belgium and abroad," said city officials in presenting its report on visitor figures. The...
Hainan Airlines

Hainan Airlines to resume flights between Brussels and Shanghai in June

A direct air link between Brussels and Shanghai should resume in June, foreign minister Hadja Lahbib announced on the second day of Belgium’s official mission to China, reports RTBF. The connection provided by Hainan Airlines three times a week was inaugurated in 2017 but ceased in 2019 due to the...
STIB celebrates 70th anniversary

Stib celebrates its 70th anniversary looking to the future while reflecting on its long history

When Stib blew out 70 birthday candles on 1 January, the anniversary was a moment to reflect on the long history of public transport in Brussels. From horse-drawn coaches and wartime wagon requisitions to carriages fit for a king, the network has experienced a roller coaster evolution. It was...

Joanna Bryson: AI governance

Submitted by Full Circle on Wed, 01/10/2024 - 11:31

The development, risks and opportunities posed by AI are the subject of much public debate and firmly on the policy agenda. Discussions around digital governance, rooted in the fundamental ethical questions governing human behaviour and our societies, reveal the social, economic and political values and objectives of the governments and institutions behind them. Increasing polarisation in our societies, including strong variations within and across the EU may have significant impacts on the general direction of global AI development and regulation.

English Comedy Night

Submitted by xaros on Wed, 01/10/2024 - 10:52

For this show we are delighted to have Andrea Hubert back in Brussels, together with Omar Badawy, a young comedian that is taking the circuit by storm

 

Andrea Hubert

Winner of the best debut show at what's on london comedy awards 2016

Winner of the bafta rocliffe new writing award 2013

Property purchasing power in Belgium remains low

Rising prices on homes have slowed, but Belgian residents' property purchasing power is still down according to the latest price index published by Immoweb. According to the figures, the average Belgian household could afford to buy a property in the region of 105m² in the last quarter of 2023, a...
Tobacco store at Brussels Airport, Zaventem - Belga

The future of tobacco: As Belgium steps up its anti-smoking plan, industry giant Philip Morris calls for better access to alternative products

As the price of a packet of cigarettes rises by 25% and the cost of vaping peaks with a new tax, PMI Benelux Managing Director Miguel Matos insists the company is equally committed to the government’s target of a smoke-free generation. In its shift to alternative products, now representing 36% of...

Squatters to be cleared from former Chinese consulate

Squatters who have taken up residence on the site of the former Chinese consulate in Auderghem will soon be evacuated after months spent at the building. Several dozen people have been using the building for shelter since March and local residents have complained about both constant noise and...

Belgian film explores reindeer herders' fight for survival in Siberian gas fields

Following ancient routes carved across the frozen tundra, enormous herds of reindeer are driven by the Nenets, an indigenous people of Siberia. Today their ancestral way of life is under threat, as the Yamal Peninsula they call home is the source of 80% of Russia’s gas, now under massive...

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