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Belgian train travel to become 9% more expensive from February

Belgian rail operator SNCB has announced the "difficult but necessary decision" to increase its fares by almost 9% from next year. The price rise, which is in line with current high levels of inflation, comes as the rail firm faces soaring energy costs and an increasing wage bill due to indexation...

Patterns of time

Submitted by Helen O'Sullivan on Sat, 10/29/2022 - 17:33

"Patterns of time" - a collection of abstract paintings and mixed media artworks by artist Beverley Johnson. Exhibtion runs from 28/10 - 13/11.

Opening hours Thursday 5-8pm

Friday, Saturday and Sundays 2-6pm

VUB Brussels

VUB files criminal complaint against student society’s transgressive behaviour

A student society is under scrutiny after Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) filed a complaint of large-scale transgressive behaviour with the public prosecutor’s office. Disciplinary procedures have been initiated, the university said in a statement. The society in question, Solvay Kring, is a...

Anthony Oliver l Echoes

Submitted by Xavier Huysmans on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 18:39

In “Echoes”, British artist Anthony Oliver archives moments of time through paintings and drawings, connecting the residue of recent history, its echoes, and the light it sheds on the present as he understands it. The show runs from 06/11/22 till 17/12/22, open every Friday and Saturday afternoon.

Firefighters and police plan strikes in coming weeks

Unions representing Brussels firefighters and police officers are planning to strike in the coming weeks, citing an increased workload and staff shortage that they say has added to an already difficult job. Each strike will only last one day and the one for firefighters in the Belgian capital - on...

Brussels mayors make U-turn on turning off street lights early

After initially indicating that public street lights will turn on later and turn off earlier in an effort to save on energy costs, the Brussels region has now decided to backtrack. The suggestion had already invoked criticism, including from Brussels mobility minister Elke Van den Brandt (Groen),...

Brussels Airlines posts best quarterly financial result in 20-year history

Brussels Airlines ended its third quarter of 2022 at €51 million, a record result in its 20-year history, the company announced. It was welcome news for the federal government as the airline will now be able to repay its state loan by the end of the year. The company received €290 million in aid...

The British School of Brussels is proud of its unique ethos as ‘an educational force for good’

With a student body of 1,365 children representing over 70 nationalities, The British School of Brussels prides itself on being a truly international community. The school, located in the leafy suburb of Tervuren, is committed to developing people who can rise to the challenge of the modern world and who engage actively, ethically, and purposefully with the world around us.

Melanie Warnes

K-Pop, Now Here exhibition at Korean Cultural Center

K-Pop, Now Here: Exhibition shows history and future of the optimistic youth culture

It may seem that Korean popular culture burst onto the world in a bright wave of optimism only a couple of years ago, but the genre has actually been evolving over the past five decades. A new exhibition at the Korean Culture Center in Brussels, K-Pop, Now Here , aims to set the story straight...

Co-operative NewB bank will be dismantled

NewB, a Belgian bank that presented itself as an ethical and sustainable alternative to the bigger lending institutions, will be dismantled and soon no longer exist. A plan to dismantle the fledgling bank is currently in the making, L'Echo and De Tijd report, and once executed, NewB will lose its...

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