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Extra trains to Belgian coast for hot weekend

The SNCB is putting on extra trains to the Belgian coast, as temperatures reaching up to 30°C are forecast this weekend. Four additional trains will make the return journey from Brussels to Ostend and Blankenberge on Saturday and Sunday, increasing the available capacity by 7,000 seats each day...

Making the most of your pension: Join The Bulletin and ING's free retirement seminar on 13 June

As an expat, you've probably travelled the world, living in one or more countries along the way.

Where does that leave your pension, and how can you make sure of building up your state, company and private pensions while in Belgium?

The answers are far from simple to understand and plan for, even for an employee who remains in one country for the same company over an entire career.

Eddy Merckx releases new book as Brussels gears up for Tour de France

The Tour de France sets off from Brussels this summer, 50 years after legendary local cyclist Eddy Merckx claimed the first of his five victories in the race. A new book published this week looks back at a dramatic year. Besides his first Tour victory, 1969 was also the year in which Brusselaar...
Royal Marines Band, Plymouth, Grand Place 3 June

UK Royal Marines Band to perform in Grand Place on Monday evening

Experience the pomp and pageantry of a world-class military band when The Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines, Plymouth marches in front of city hall in Brussels’ Grand Place on Monday evening, 3 June. Under the direction of Captain Daryl Powell, the 25-minute free performance will start at 19.00...

What's on this week: 31 May-6 June

Frunch (Friday Lunch) is back for its sixth edition. Located in the BIP courtyard on Place Royale, Frunch combines rotating food trucks (three different ones each week), live music, a bar, and a large terrace space allowing visitors to enjoy a relaxed lunch break in the sun in the centre of...
Brussels employment agency Actiris

Belgium worst EU country for employing non-European immigrants

At 54%, Belgium has the lowest level of employment for non-European immigrants in the EU. The average among the 28 member states was 73.4%, according to figures published by Eurostat on Wednesday. The best performing country was the Czech Republic (84%), followed by Slovakia (81%), Malta (80%),...

Investigators find one source of Legionnaires’ outbreak

Investigators believe they have found one source of the outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that has killed two people and infected a further 30 in Evergem, the Agency for Care and Health (AZG) has confirmed. On 9 and 10 May, samples were taken from 17 businesses in the port of Ghent for...

Drivers spot wallaby near Brussels ring in Anderlecht

A wallaby was spotted by several drivers in Anderlecht, near the Brussels ring, in the early hours of Saturday morning - and has now been found and taken into care. "It was just before 3.00 in the morning," one witness, Gabriel, told RTL. "I was at Anderlecht and saw the animal in the distance. I...

Brussels Airport evacuated after hoax bomb alert

A bomb hoax led to the evacuation of Brussels Airport shortly after midnight on Wednesday - and could be linked to a similar false alarm at North Station on Monday. Flights were not affected, as no departures are scheduled from Zaventem after midnight, and the situation had returned to normal in...

4,000 join Brussels rally against the far-right

Some 4,000 people joined a rally outside the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday against the rise of the far-right in Belgium and elsewhere in Europe, following last weekend's elections. "The far-right has no place in parliaments and governments," the rally's organisers said on Facebook. "At...

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