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The giant rock music festival, Rock Werchter, opened its doors to festival-goers at 8.00 on Thursday, 3 July, in Werchter, near Leuven.
Unions are resorting less to strike action than in the past.
The sixth state reform, agreed to in the previous federal government, was implemented on 1 July with the transfer of extra government responsibilities to the regions and communities.
Rail traffic was running as normal without any major disruptions to services, announced railway infrastructure manager Infrabel on Tuesday morning.
Today, 1 July, sees the start of the summer sales, which will last until 31 July.
Rail traffic is nearly completely paralysed across the country, after the socialist rail trade union CGSP/ACOD followed through on their earlier call for a 24-hour strike, starting at 22.00 on Sun
In a surprise turn of events, 24-year-old Jens Debusschere (Lotto-Belisol) from Roeselare won this year’s Belgian national road race in Wielsbeke, West Flanders, on Sunday, pushing the pre-race fa
The socialist rail trade union ACOD has confirmed it will take strike action for 24 hours starting at 22.00 on Sunday, 29 June.
Belgium is the 10th ‘best country in the world’, according to the first Good Country Index, which provides ‘a measure of what each country on earth contributes to the common good of humanity’.
