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Riders take Deliveroo to court over lack of employment contracts

Hearings begin today in a case before a labour tribunal in Brussels that will decide if delivery people working for Deliveroo are employees or self-employed. The outcome of the case could have a significant impact on thousands of people in Belgium who work for meal delivery services, including...

Call for local sustainable artisans to fill stands at alternative Christmas market near Tour & Taxis

Tour & Taxis sustainable business incubator Greenbizz and business hub Be-Here are looking for artisans producing local and eco-friendly gifts for stands at their ‘Let it slow’ Christmas market on 18 & 19 December. The third edition of the weekend market at the Be-Here sustainable village...

What’s on this week: 29 October - 4 November

The kids are out of school during the first week of November, and Belgium offers endless ways to keep them entertained. It’s when the Brussels film festival for young people, Filem’On , takes place, as well as Bozar’s Next Generation, Please! interactive exhibition. Or head to Antwerp, where the...
Rise for Climate Belgium at previous march

COP26 march and rally in Brussels on Sunday calls for action on climate change

Citizen movement Rise for Climate Belgium is organising a march ‘Act for Climate and Water’ in Brussels city centre on Sunday afternoon, followed by a rally with performances by local musicians in Place Luxembourg. The collective is calling for the following actions on climate and water: the ‘human...
Illustration picture of photos from the Congo exhibition at the Africa Museum in Tervuren, Tuesday 06 July 2021. (BELGA PHOTO LAURIE DIEFFEMBACQ)

Experts deliver report to the special committee on Belgium's colonial past‎

The 10 experts commissioned by the special parliamentary committee on Belgium's colonial past to guide parliamentarians in their work have delivered their report. The purpose of this report, published on Tuesday, was to clarify certain issues and to set out the various options available to the...
Hand out pictures released on Tuesday 07 July 2020, by Natagora shows the natural space on the Josaphat site where a bee species, Anthidium septemspinosum, was seen for the first time in Belgium. HAND OUT NATAGORA BERNARD PASAU

Schaerbeek conditionally approves plans for Josaphat site development

After the neighbouring municipality of Evere announced that it would accept the building plans for the contested Josaphat site, under certain circumstances, Schaerbeek has now followed suit and will issue its own conditional approval. The redevelopment of the old marshalling yard, which has long...

Place Royale to get new look, becoming partially car-free

Place Royale in Brussels’ museum quarter is set to become partially car-free as plans for the renewal project have been approved, upon certain conditions, by the consultative committee. The famous square that is flanked on one side by the Magritte Museum and on the other by Saint-Jacques-sur-...
Orient-Express at Train World (c) Lolo Hakiminian

Orient Express: Europalia exhibition on the timeless art of travel at Train World

The mythical and mystical world of the Orient Express train reveals its opulent secrets in a major exhibition at Train World in Schaerbeek. Celebrating the European year of rail and Belgium’s pioneering role in railways around the world, the Europalia Trains & Tracks arts festival exhibition...

Go Sharing launches 500 electric motor scooters in Brussels

There is a new player in the motor scooter sharing scheme: Go Sharing has just released 500 electric motor scooters on the streets of Brussels. This doubles the number of motor scooters available in the capital. Go Sharing will has stationed scooters in Brussels City and the bordering...

The future starts in Brussels with a new pathway to further education

The world of education is shifting. Globally, we see many international schools implementing innovative projects to address the changes we observe in the world and to meet the needs of the younger generations. 

Closer to home, since 2015 the federation Wallonie Bruxelles has been shaping and are now implementing their ‘Pacte d’ Excellence’. This is a long-term process of reviewing the curriculum content and learning organisation to sharpen and modernise practices in schools, aiming to reinforce the quality and the relevance of education.

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