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EU exploring: There's more to Brussels' European district than meets the eye

More than 30,000 visitors descended on Brussels' European district earlier this month for the EU Open Day. It seems at first glance to be a neighbourhood dominated by busy roads and office buildings, but there are plenty of interesting spots to discover along the way - and it is a part of the city that is changing fast as the Brussels region hopes to improve liveability in the EU quarter. A lot of effort has been made to diversify the neighbourhood, by introducing more housing, more shops and pedestrian squares.

It’s time for a metro station at Flagey, says Brussels-City councillor

With the regional and federal elections just two weeks away, Campaigning is heating up in Belgium. The latest campaign video to come out of Brussels is a plea by Flemish party Open VLD to build a metro station under Flagey. Anyone who commutes to the neighbourhood regularly knows exactly how...

Motorway littering cut in half in Flanders

L ittering and fly-tipping along Flanders’ motorways has reduced by half over the last six years, according to government waste agency Ovam. In 2012, 3,500 tons of trash was cleaned up along Flanders’ regional roads and motorways, while in 2018 the figure was 1,800 tons. The most trash is found...

Escape to... the Hautes Fagnes, Belgium's highest point

The Hautes Fagnes in East Belgium is the oldest nature park in the country and straddles the border with Germany. The unique reserve is filled with diverse landscapes, from hilly woodlands to open areas of peatland, and includes the highest point in Belgium, the Signal de Botrange at 694 metres...

Vast pop-up cultural space to open next to Midi station

A disused mail sorting office next to Brussels' Midi station is to be transformed into a vast "socio-cultural meeting place" for artists and non-profit associations. The Tri Postal building on Avenue Fonsny has been empty since Bpost sold it to the SNCB in 1998. It is due to be completely renovated...

20,000 join Antwerp silent march after murder of young woman

More than 20,000 people joined a silent march through Antwerp on Sunday against violence towards women, following the murder of a 23-year-old woman in the city last week. Student Julie Van Espen's body was found in the Albert canal last Monday. She had left her home in Schilde on Saturday evening...

Pensions and N-VA dominate social media ahead of elections

Pensions and the N-VA are dominating online discussions in the run-up to the May elections, researchers at Antwerp University have found. Professor Walter Daelemans and researcher Tim Kreutz of the university’s Computational Linguistics & Psycholinguistics research group have created the...

Together we stand: Citizen activity can make a real difference to everyday life

For Estonian Kadri Soova, becoming a campaigning activist in her Schaerbeek neighbourhood was new and unexpected but, in the end, it was “just like falling love… you have no choice”. As a working parent she has little spare time but says “it was an essential thing I had to do”. When the topic of...

Cambridge curriculum and bilingualism: Bics' unique education experience

At the heart of the EU quarter of Brussels, less than 10 minutes from the European Commission, lies the Brussels International Catholic School (Bics). Bics belongs to a network of 10,000 schools in over 160 countries that follow the Cambridge international curriculum.

More than 450 pupils in the pre-primary and primary school benefit from the Cambridge curriculum, which has been adapted to embrace bilingualism: one day in English, one day in French.

Fewer lanes on E40 into Brussels from next week

The number of lanes on the E40 motorway approaching Brussels from Liège will be cut from six to four from the end of this week. The lane reduction was first announced in 2016, when it was described by motorists' association Touring as "madness", and had been on hold since. Brussels mobility...

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