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Illustration picture shows the #BackToTheClimate demonstration in Brussels, on Sunday 10 October 2021. More than 80 organisations from all over the country participated in the protest. (BELGA PHOTO NICOLAS MAETERLINCK)

Tens of thousands attend climate march in Brussels

After almost a year and a half of suspended large-scale activities due to the coronavirus crisis, climate protestors returned to the streets of Brussels on Sunday with the Brussels-Capital/Ixelles police estimating that around 25,000 people took part in the march. The actual figure could be much...
David Hockney, In the Studio, 2017

Dive into the bold and bright world of David Hockney in double exhibition at Bozar

It’s the capital’s flagship exhibition this autumn, showcasing some of David Hockney’s finest works over a career spanning six decades, including a recent series of sometimes controversial digital paintings that defiantly celebrated spring during the first lockdown in 2020. The dual show at Bozar...

Court rules in favour of French-speakers in 'facility communes'

Belgium’s Council of State has annulled a requirement for French-speakers living in the Dutch-speaking outskirts of Brussels to reapply each year to receive administrative documents in French. There are six municipalities in Flemish Brabant which are known as facility communes, where residents can...

Cafe owners win VAT ruling in dispute over tax on beer

Belgium’s supreme administrative court has ruled in favour of cafe owners in a dispute over tax on beers they never sold. The seemingly arcane question of how many glasses of beer can be pulled from a 50-litre keg is actually a multi-million euro question. The tax authorities’ answer is 192 glasses...

Leuven researchers develop treatment against dengue fever

It's not every day that a university team discovers a new antiviral against a devastating virus. While the world still awaits a miracle pill to wipe out SARS-CoV-2, the University of Leuven seems well on the way to developing an oral drug against dengue fever, a tropical disease transmitted by...

Belgium returns hundreds of stolen state archives to France

More than 550 French state archives stolen between 1980 and 2001 by organised crime gangs and stockpiled in Belgium have been returned to their country of origin. Hélène Farnaud-Defromont, the French ambassador to Belgium, called described the handover, in Liège this week, as "a very moving moment...

‘I want to kill or die’: True story of average mum turned vigilante in new Belgian film

“I could have chosen an easier path towards a first fiction film,” says Teodora Ana Mihai with a wry laugh. You can say that again: The Belgian director took her life into her own hands when she delved into the history of murderous criminal gangs in the north of Mexico. She is sitting in an office...

Public transport free in Brussels during big climate march

Anyone heading to the climate march on Sunday can take Stib public transport in Brussels for free or take advantage of the weekend rate for a train ticket. Tens of thousands of people are expected to take part in the march, organised by the Coalition Climat . Stib will be free for everyone on...

Margaux Vranken invites Marylène Corro

Submitted by jazz4you on Thu, 10/07/2021 - 16:30

For Marylène Corro and Margaux Vranken, music is a story of friendship! The two young ladies from Brussels met a few years ago during jam sessions and have been working together regularly ever since. The organic and luminous music of Marylène Corro combines soul, groove and colors of the world. Admiring each other’s universe, Marylène and Margaux play tonight a mix of their personal compositions as well as some great standards that they particularly like

Margaux Vranken, piano – Marylène Corro, voice – Fil Caporali, doublebass – Daniel Jonkers, drums

The Flamboyant Fake: Joep Leerssen - Patriotic Fakes

Submitted by houseeuropeanhistory on Thu, 10/07/2021 - 14:57

4th Online Expert Talk in the Flamboyant Fake series with Professor Joep Leerssen - "Patriotic Fakes"

Why are the most memorable stories about the past so often untrue? Fact and fiction are not easily told apart, and when we imagine history our best guides are often novelists like Tolstoy or Jane Austen.

But some things we are told about the past are deliberate forgeries, planted misinformation. Ancient epics sensationally “discovered” after centuries of oblivion often turn out to be modern-day fakes.

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