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Picture shows traffic jam in the Cinquantenaire /Jubelpark tunnel in downtown Brussels (BELGA PHOTO JONAS HAMERS)

Schuman's traffic problems made worse by tunnel closure, claims MP

The tunnel under the Avenue de la Joyeuse Entrée, at the end of the Avenue d'Auderghem in Brussels, has been closed for more than a year. Many assumed it was because of roadworks or repairs. However, in response to a written enquiry about the closure from Brussels MP Geoffroy Coomans de Brachene,...

COP26: Hundreds of climate activists demonstrate in Brussels

Around 500 people, according to Brussels-Ixelles police, gathered in front of Brussels Central train station on Sunday afternoon to participate in a demonstration organised by citizen movement Rise for Climate Belgium to coincide with the start of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. The procession...

Christmas Carol Concert - Brussels International Singers

Submitted by EButland on Mon, 11/01/2021 - 11:01

Our traditional Christmas Carol Concert returns after covid cancellation in 2020.  Book early for tickets to this festive, family-friendly event! Tickets from brusselsintsingers@gmail.com

 

Schuman Lights Up: a fortnight of festive cheer in the heart of Brussels' EU district

Think of a magical winter wonderland and Schuman roundabout is perhaps not the first place that comes to mind. But that is about to change, as Schuman Lights Up brings two weeks of festive cheer to Brussels' European quarter this Christmas.

Illustration picture shows a tax declaration form in French, in Brussels. (BELGA PHOTO THIERRY ROGE)

Administrative error leads to 27,000 people receiving tax breaks

About 27,000 taxpayers have wrongly benefited from a tax cut in the last three years due to an error by the tax administration. All of them were disabled at some point, but the tax service wrongly considered them permanently incapacitated, according to a report published by Flemish newspaper Het...
Illustration shows the scene of a hunger strike by people without papers occupying the Saint John the Baptist at the Beguinage - Sint-Jan Baptist ten Begijnhofkerk - Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste-au-Beguinage church in Brussels, Monday 19 July 2021. (BELGA PHOTO HATIM KAGHAT)

Desperation grows as more former hunger strikers have regularisation cases denied

Another of the former hunger strikers at the Church of the Beguinage in Brussels who was hoping for positive news regarding the individual assessment of his case has been told that his application for regularisation has been denied. "I expected a positive response given my file," said Mohamed, a 29...

Guy Pratt (Pink Floyd) - Inglorious BASSterd

Submitted by xaros on Sat, 10/30/2021 - 13:05

After Hugely successful tours with Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets and establishing the Rockonteurs podcast with Gary Kemp as a chart topping essential listen, Guy Pratt is back with his first standup show for over 3 years.

Here's a very special stand-up show with a world class musician who performed with Pink Floyd, Roxy Music, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Iggy Pop, Tears For Fears.... and many others. Check him out and get your tickets as soon as you can, as we expect this one to sell out very quickly.

Let There be Night

Submitted by Harlan Levey Pr... on Fri, 10/29/2021 - 20:31

Amelie Bouvier's upcoming solo exhibition at Harlan Levey Projects 1050 reflects upon our relationship with the cosmos, the transmission of knowledge, and ever-increasing problems of pollution in our night sky. The show reunites works from three different periods of the artist's practice, working over three different types of media: drawing, video, and object. The two-channel video Eight Minutes Ago is the oldest work, completed after a research trip to the Harvard & Smithsonian Astronomical Photographic Plate Collection in January 2019.

The witching hour: Two exhibitions reveal historical persecution of ‘dangerous’ women

“The history of witchcraft is marked by the sex difference of both the accused and the accusers.” This wonderfully succinct way to describe the phenomenon of the witch introduces us to the second section of a new exhibition that coincides nicely with Halloween. While 500 years ago, the word ‘witch...

Metro back to normal, but long queues at airports due to police protest

We have good news and bad news. The strike by Stib metro drivers this week has come to an end, with metros now back on their normal schedule. Federal police agents stationed at airports, however, are involved in a protest action, leading to delays at passport control. Passengers heading to Brussels...

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