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Belgian humanitarian worker remains detained in Iran as 'new problems arise' in diplomatic proceedings

Belgian humanitarian worker Olivier Vandecasteele is said to appear in even worse shape after 10 months of solitary confinement in Iran, where he has been sentenced to 28 years in prison under espionage charges that supporters – and the Belgian state – say are false. Belgian diplomats in Iran met...

Saint Gilles bakery puts 18-carat gold pieces in galette des rois

A few lucky bakery patrons may become €500 richer after having purchased a galette des rois cake from a Saint-Gilles bakery. Bakkerij De Weerdt hid a gold piece in four of its special cakes, RTL reports, and the first winners have already emerged. Traditionally, cakes with a bean hidden in it are...

Remembering the Shoah, the Massacres on the Eastern Front - Panel Debate

Submitted by houseeuropeanhistory on Mon, 01/09/2023 - 11:31

In the lead up to International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the House of European History is organising a panel debate about “Remembering the Shoah, the Massacres on the Eastern Front”. The event reflects upon and addresses the topic of Eastern European sites where mass shootings of Jews took place during the Second World War, often referred to as “Holocaust by bullets".

Quiet winter tourism season for Belgian coast

Tourism on the Belgian coast over the festive period has dropped by about 10% compared with year, with 540,000 day-trippers paying a visit during the two weeks of winter holidays surrounding Christmas and New Year. Levels were already down as a result of the pandemic, which saw a ban on most...

Belgian museum pass has record 118,000 subscribers

Belgium’s museumPassmusées boasts a record number of more than 118,000 subscribers. The annual card offers discounts to more than 220 museums around the country, report local media. "2022 marked the big breakthrough with the general public," director Erika T'Jaeckx told L'Echo newspaper. Since 2018...

Belgium to allow old cars to be 'retro-fitted' into electric ones

As Europe moves to ban the sale of combustion engine cars, Belgium is poised to take similar steps as in Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and France to allow people to transform their old cars into electric ones. For certain models, this can be as simple as removing the engine, the tank and...

Thousands of Brussels households cannot pay water bills due to IT problem

An ongoing technical problem at water provider Vivaqua has caused an estimated 90,000 Brussels households to fall behind with their bill payments. About a quarter of Vivaqua customers in the Brussels region have stopped receiving regular bills for their water consumption since last summer - and any...

€620 million sitting in dormant Belgian bank accounts

Belgian residents have left more than €600 million in dormant bank accounts - a record high, according to new figures from the country's finance ministry. At the end of 2022, some €621 million in cash was sitting untouched in Belgian accounts, with some accounts possibly forgotten about by their...

Belgian rail punctuality fell below 90% last year

The punctuality of trains in Belgium worsened last year, falling below the 90% mark for the first time since November 2018, new figures reveal. To be considered "on time", a train must arrive at its destination no more than six minutes behind schedule. Last year, 89.2% of scheduled train services...

How to dispose of your Christmas tree in Brussels

As the festive season draws to a close, there are several ways to safely dispose of - or give a new lease of life to - your Christmas tree. In Wallonia, discarded Christmas trees are often tossed on a giant bonfire which is lit at the start of Lent, a 1,000-year-old carnival tradition to chase away...

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