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Rapper Zwangere Guy wins Brusseleer of the Year

Rapper Zwangere Guy is Brusseleir van ’t Joêr (Brusseleer of the Year) for 2019. The honour is bestowed every year during Weik van ’t Brussels. Weik van ’t Brussels (Brussels Dialect Week) is hosted every year by be.Brusseleir , an organisation supported by the Brussels and Flemish regions to...

Twice-weekly mail deliveries from March 2020

Bpost has confirmed that it will only deliver "non-priority" mail twice a week from next year. Registered letters, newspapers, magazines and parcels will still be delivered daily, as will letters with a more expensive "priority" stamp. "The new system will be implemented from March 2020," said...

De Lijn drivers in Brussels suburbs call sudden strike

An unplanned strike by bus drivers is disrupting several De Lijn routes on the outskirts of Brussels. Drivers called the sudden strike on Tuesday morning. "We are awaiting official confirmation from the trade unions," a De Lijn spokeswoman said. "We are currently making a list of the lines that are...

Telenet refutes idea that films with more women are less popular

4 November is Unequal Pay Day, the symbolic day from which women “work for free” for the rest of the year in comparison to the salaries of their male counterparts. Digital TV provider Telenet decided to do a little research into one claim often made by the entertainment industry as to why women are...

Number of Brussels homeless more than doubles in 10 years

The number of homeless people in Brussels has gone from 1,730 in 2008 to nearly 4,200 in 2018. That’s well more than double the number of people living on the streets. The figures come from Bruss’Help, the region’s agency for the co-ordination of winter shelters for the homeless. Bruss’Help did a...

550,000 spend autumn holidays by Belgian seaside

More than half a million day-trippers visited the Belgian coast during the autumn half-term holidays - a slight dip on last year, blamed on the weather. Local tourism body Westtoer said 550,000 people spent time by the sea over the past week. The figure last year was 600,000. Hotels recorded an...

Stib tests contactless card payments as alternative to Mobib

Public transport users in Brussels will be able to use their bank card instead of a Mobib ticket from next year, as the Stib begins a trial into contactless payments. Metro ticket gates, buses and trams will be equipped with contactless bank card readers similar to the existing Mobib machines. The...

Tickets going fast for Freelancers in Belgium Day

If you are not yet registered for the third edition of Freelancers in Belgium Day, we have got good news for you. The organisation is offering a 20% discount to Bulletin readers.

The event this Friday offers a variety of talks to help both new and experienced freelancers, as well as those thinking of taking the plunge. Whether you’re into marketing, translation, event planning or anything else that sees you flying solo, you’ll find a topic of interest during this popular event, which is run by expats and is in English.

This is how I’m surviving winter in Belgium

The clocks going forward and dipping temperatures mean only one thing: winter is definitely around the corner. In my home in Wallonia, one or other of our two wood burners is constantly stoked – we’re parsimonious about switching on the central heating in this fuel-guzzling damp grey stone abode. A...

Animated film spanning 35 years of Belgian history is a surprising hit

One of the surprise crowd-pleasers at last year’s International Francophone Film Festival (Fiff) was the animation Leopold, King of the Belgians. As a prime promoter of French-language cinema, the Namur festival was a fitting launch-pad for the quirky comedy that’s entirely made in Wallonia...

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