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Brussels parks closed as Storm Malik crosses Belgium

The Brussels region has closed all of its parks and woods until 8.00 on Tuesday morning as Storm Malik brings strong winds and heavy rain to the capital. Ostend and Antwerp have also activated their flood prevention plans. The Royal Meteorological Institute is forecasting winds gusting up to 85km/h...
Illustration picture shows garbage dumped on the street in Brussels. (BELGA PHOTO SISKA GREMMELPREZ)

2021 was a busy year for Fix My Street app

Fix My Street, the application that allows you to report problems in Brussels public spaces, may have started off slowly when it was launched in 2013 - but recent figures show that the app is now going from strength to strength. Results from 2021 were released at the end of last week showing that...
20131202 - BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Brussels City mayor Freddy Thielemans pictured during a press conference of Brussels city council on the future stadium, in Brussels city hall, Monday 02 December 2013. (BELGA PHOTO VIRGINIE LEFOUR)

Former Brussels mayor Freddy Thielemans dies aged 77

Former socialist mayor of Brussels Freddy Thielemans died on Saturday evening at the age of 77, his successor Philippe Close announced on Sunday. Thielemans had a long career in Brussels politics, including 10 years as mayor. "It is with a lot of emotion and sadness that the family of Freddy...

Belgian electric bike start-up Cowboy raises further $80 million

Cowboy, a Belgian start-up that developed an innovative electric bike, has announced it has successfully raised a further $80 million (€71 million) in funding. This new capital injection brings the total amount raised by Cowboy to $120 million (€107 million). Founded in 2017, the company...

SNCB's role in Auschwitz deportations to be investigated

The Belgian government has ordered an independent study into the role of the SNCB in the deportations directed by the Nazi authorities during the second world war. This study may open the way for reparations, as in the Netherlands. Between 1942 and 1944, the Belgian railways deported more than 25,...

Test-Achats demands 'clarity' over Proximus switch to fibre optic

Consumer protection association Test-Achats has asked Proximus for "clarity and a gesture of goodwill" after it announced that it would gradually move its cable internet customers over to fibre optic technology, at considerably more expensive rates. In March, the telecom operator will stop...

New Belgian law bans photos and video of nuclear power plants

Photographing or filming a nuclear power plant or an establishment classified as "sensitive" without authorisation from the interior minister is now prohibited under a newly extended Belgian law. The ban already applied to aerial and satellite photos since a March 2020 law imposing the blurring of...

25 years' jail for man who murdered sex worker Eunice Osayande

A young man has been jailed for 25 years after he was found guilty of the murder of a Nigerian sex worker in Brussels in June 2018. Eunice Osayande was stabbed to death by a client on Rue de Linné, Schaerbeek, near Brussels-North station. The perpetrator, identified only by his initials SG, was 17...

Fairyfail

Submitted by l'Impoviste on Fri, 01/28/2022 - 14:01

Anything ever after…

From a romantic wedding to a successful business merger, the ending of a fairytale should always be happily ever after. Or should it ? The improvisers on stage will do everything in their power to bring you a beautiful, positive and happy fairytale. The audience however has the power to bring destruction, monsters, doom, or any other hazard on their path. Fairytale or Fairyfail ? It’s up to you.

SolarPower Summit 2022

Submitted by SolarPower Europe on Fri, 01/28/2022 - 11:07

Next Level Solar: Shining on the energy transition

With the pandemic rumbling on, gas-driven energy price hikes, and the threat of climate change looming over us, solar is brightening the horizon with solutions to some of our most pressing issues.

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