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Career change? Belgium urgently seeking 5,000 lorry drivers

Belgium urgently needs to hire more lorry drivers, with 5,000 vacant positions currently available, the Royal Belgian Federation of Transporters and Logistics Service Providers (Febetra) has warned. "If we want store shelves to remain full in the future, more drivers are urgently needed," said...

Winter flu vaccine available to all without prescription

The flu vaccine is now available in all Belgian pharmacies – and there are no restrictions this year. Anyone who wants the jab can get it: 3.78 million doses are available, a quarter more than last year. A doctor's prescription is not necessary to get the vaccine from the pharmacy (the injection,...
Illustration picture shows the inauguration of the new lights of the Church of Our Lady of Laeken in Brussels, Friday 01 October 2021. (BELGA PHOTO PAUL-HENRI VERLOOY)

Church of Our Lady of Laeken restored to a healthy glow

Once a dark mass, dirty and forgotten on the northern horizon of Brussels, the Church of Our Lady of Laeken is now illuminated by a golden glow. The neo-Gothic landmark, which had been blackened by years of pollution, has been cleaned, restored and will now lit by a new light installation which...
ZAVENTEM, BELGIUM: Illustration picture shows police outside Brussels Airport  in Zaventem, (BELGA PHOTO VIRGINIE LEFOUR)

Time running out to stop deportation of Congolese student

The fate of Junior Masudi Wasso, a 20-year-old Congolese student enrolled at UCLouvain, still hangs in the balance after a second attempt was made to deport him on Sunday. After arriving in Belgium on 18 September in possession of a valid passport and a valid residence permit, Junior was arrested...

EN: Bach Concert - MINIMES CANTAT *Covid Safe Ticket required*

Instead of the deeply serious Bach of the church cantatas, our October concert shows our composer as a relaxed and cheerful family man playing himself in the Coffee Cantata—one of his most popular works.  We then present his earliest secular cantata—the ‘Hunt’—almost unknown except for one melody that everyone will immediately recognize.  Both are Minimes premières—don’t miss them!

Community Help Service 50th anniversary fundraising walk

CHS Community Help Service celebrates its 50th anniversary with 50km fundraising walk

The CHS Community Help Service , a lifeline for the international community in Belgium, is organising a fundraising walk in celebration of its 50th anniversary on Sunday 17 October. Stepping up its money-raising initiatives, the mental health centre and 24/7 helpline is gathering pledges for...

Documentary Here We Are details plight of British citizens in Belgium

As gaps remains on supermarket shelves and queues at petrol stations snake around the corner, the effects of Brexit are making themselves known like never before to the people living in the UK. British citizens abroad, however, are in a different place, beginning to reconcile their feeling of...

It’s time to #BringBondtoBrussels, says cultural organisation

With secrets intact as critics were not allowed to see it ahead of time, the new James Bond film – No Time to Die – is finally in cinemas around the world. And while you will see the splendours of Jamaica, Italy, Scotland, Norway and, of course, London, in the film, you will not see Belgium. “There...

Saint-Saëns - Requiem / Oratorio de Noël - European Union Choir

What could be a better way to end this difficult year than by enjoying the creative sounds of Camille Saint-Saëns with the European Union Choir?! In remembrance of his death 100 years ago, we pay tribute to this tremendous composer.  Picture the European Union Choir, the Orchestra of Brussels and the 5 soloists, conducted by Dirk De Moor, will transcend you with his rendition of the magnificent Requiem which is about both hope and rebirth.

Snap a photo of your old Westmalle glass to help create an archive

Staff at the famous Westmalle brewery in the town of the same name are asking people to send them a photograph of any unusual Westmalle glasses of which they might be in possession. There are reportedly hundreds of different designs produced in the brewery’s 185-year history, but it has, alas, lost...

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