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Nuisance or badly needed? Brussels still divided over scooters

With a recent survey showing that nearly half (46%) of electric scooter riders admit they sometimes run a red light, Brussels continues its struggle to incorporate the increasingly popular form of micro-transport into its mobility offerings. Other bad behaviours admitted to in the European ESRA...

'Conflict of interest': Flanders goes after Brussels Airport for shifting noise to Flemish municipalities

The Flemish government is calling Brussels Airport’s decision to shift flight routes a "conflict of interest". Brussels Airport has been under consistent fire for years now regarding noise pollution, which has led to an adjustment in flight paths. But Flemish minister Ben Weyts (N-VA), who is...

Brussels shooting: Terror threat level downgraded after suspect is shot dead in Schaerbeek

The terror threat in Brussels has been reduced to level 3 following the death of 45-year-old Tunisian national Abdesalem Lassoued on Tuesday morning - the suspect in the shooting of two Swedish football fans in the city centre. Belgium’s security council decided to drop the threat level following...
Brussels shooting - suspect shot in Schaerbeek

Brussels shooting: Suspect shot by police after two Swedish football fans killed in terror attack

The terror alert level in Brussels has been raised to the maximum, level 4, after two Swedish nationals were shot dead and a third seriously injured in the city centre on Monday evening, in an incident that prosecutors describe as an act of terrorism. The suspect was named as Abdesalem L, a 45-year...

Average apartment prices in Brussels exceed €200,000 in all communes

For the first time ever, there is no municipality within the Brussels region where the average price for an apartment is less than €200,000, new figures show. While overall property prices in Brussels fell by 3.6% in the first nine months of 2023, the Belgian Federation of Notaries report found...
Justice Palace Brussels restoration work on facade

Official launch of Justice Palace facelift project, 140 years after landmark building’s inauguration

Another chapter in the long-running saga of scaffolding and the Justice Palace has been marked by federal and local politicians in Brussels. Although restoration work on the building’s facades started this summer, the dignitaries gathered on Monday to officially launch the latest restoration round...

New children's book charts ‘key dates’ in Belgium’s history

The battle of the golden spurs, the birth of Brueghel, the entry of women into university, the invention of the praline and the independence of the Congo. Do you know when these key dates in the history of Belgium happened? That’s why a new book called 100 Grande Dates de la Belgique has been...

Expat Q&A: Your guide to service vouchers in the Brussels region

Need a hand with cleaning your home or doing the household chores? Give ’Titres-services’ a try! As a method of payment subsidised by the region, the service voucher system allows anyone living in the Brussels region to take advantage of low-cost services for cleaning, ironing, shopping or...

Throwaway documentary screenings

Submitted by houseeuropeanhistory on Mon, 10/16/2023 - 10:25

The House of European History is showing a series of documentaries which deep dive into the topics of the temporary exhibition “Throwaway - The history of a modern crisis”.

Join us for a guided tour of the Throwaway exhibition before each screening, from 18:15 - 19:00.

Each documentary will then be introduced and contextualized by one of the exhibition team and documentary expert Frank Moens (programme director at DOCVILLE documentary festival).

Stay at the end for a short Q&A on your impressions of the film.

The line-up so far includes:

Bach Concert - MINIMES CANTAT

Submitted by AndreaWL on Sun, 10/15/2023 - 20:29

In our two October cantatas, Bach invites us to meditate on confidence and hope, which shine on despite our human foolishness. Our programme also includes a hidden gem: with "Immortal Bach" Knut Nystedt proves Bach's universal value, resolving in the dramatic final phrase "Come, lead me to peace"...

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