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New, stricter rules brought into effect 1 January that were supposed to limit cash payments to prevent money-laundering are being ignored by real estate agents, according to news reports.
The Flemish public broadcaster VRT is closing its permanent news bureaux in Washington, DC, and in Beijing from next year, switching to the use of “pop-up correspondents” instead, the organisation
According to the latest statistics, smoking habits continue to be very hard to break.
For the first time in over eight years, one of Madonna’s hit singles can be played and bought in Belgium.
Plans for one of the world’s biggest electronic music festivals to expand to two weekends in celebration of its 10th anniversary have hit a roadblock.
Speeding motorists in Belgium will now have to contend with a new deterrent as the country’s police have begun using the latest system to slow down drivers, and stuff the coffers in the process.
The future is now. Belgians with debts to the tax authorities have traditionally been contacted by telephone, but new methods will make it a lot more difficult to ignore the call.
Following in the footsteps of December’s well above average temperatures, January continued with warm weather more suited for the springtime.
Unions representing staff of the home decoration chain Home Market have described the company’s decision to close all 41 stores in Belgium as “a bolt out of the blue”.
