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Brussels suspends horse and carriage tours as heatwave hits city

Brussels has followed Ostend and Antwerp in suspending horse-and-carriage rides for tourists, because of the heatwave. The City of Brussels said horse rides would be suspended at least until Tuesday night - and possibly further depending on how the weather evolves. City councillor for economic...

Man arrested in Brussels over suspected plot to attack US embassy

A Belgian man has been arrested on suspicion of planning a terror attack on the American embassy in Brussels. The federal prosecutor said the man, identified by his initials "MG", was arrested by the federal police's anti-terror squad in the capital on Saturday morning. He remains in custody and...

A financial aid programme for BEPS Secondary School

At BEPS International School in Brussels, we believe that students learn best in an environment that includes peers from a variety of economic, cultural and geographic backgrounds. As a result, BEPS is excited to introduce the Financial Aid Programme, which supports the enrolment of students who otherwise would not be able to attend the school due to financial reasons.

Now.Brussels real-time map shows tourists where locals are hanging out

Tourist agency Visit Brussels has launched an online map that allows tourists to see where “real Bruxellois” are gathered as opposed to other tourists. The goal is to show visitors where locals go, giving them an alternative to tourist guides. Now.Brussels uses a colour-coded interactive map that...

Anger at 'lenient' sentence for hit-and-run driver

A hit-and-run driver who killed a woman on a pedestrian crossing in Schaerbeek has been ordered to carry out 250 hours of community service - a sentence that campaigners say is "unbearably lenient". Stephanie Verbraekel, a 28-year-old journalist for De Standaard newspaper, was propelled 20 metres...

Women in Finance aims for gender balance in male-dominated sector

Last year a group of senior finance executives got together with a firm mission – to do something about the lack of gender diversity in the country’s financial sector. They set themselves three goals: to promote gender balance at all levels of the sector, to force major financial players around the...

Flagey bars must close terraces by 0.30

Bars around Place Flagey will be required to close their terraces half an hour earlier from this weekend - at 0.30 instead of 1.00. The Ecolo-PS majority on the town council adopted the new regulations last week, which will come into force on Friday 28 June. Bars must put all outdoor furniture,...

21,000 left Brussels for Flanders last year, figures show

A record number of people moved out of Brussels to settle in Flanders last year, new stats from the Belgian interior ministry reveal. Some 21,700 people changed their official registered address from the Brussels region to Flanders in 2018. This is 2.5 times greater than the number of people moving...

Smoking ban on part of Ostend beach this summer

Part of Ostend’s beach will be smoke-free this year in a pilot project launched by the city council. “Het Nieuwe Strand” (The New Beach) is part of a larger ecology initiative backed by the city. In July and August, the sand that runs between the beach bars Polé Polé and Bondi Beach, will be smoke-...

The life and times of the Brussels Beer Project

What started as two friends in a small garage has grown into an international organisation, as the Brussels Beer Project (BBP) celebrates six years of brewing in the Belgian capital. It all started when co-founders Sébastien Morvan and Olivier de Brauwere met as exchange college students in Canada...

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