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Taxing times 2016: Belgian income tax, joint filing and overseas accounts (part 4)

You have finally made your choice between filing online and filing on paper, but still, not everything makes sense. Far from it. In this fourth part of our guide, we see when you file jointly or separately. And what is that about reporting bank accounts? Do we file jointly or separately? In Belgium...

Environment Festival attracts more than 25,000 visitors

Between 25,000 and 30,000 people attended the first Environment Festival at Brussels' Park Cinquantenaire on Sunday, according to Environment Brussels. The festival replaces the traditional Environment Party, and includes a wider range of fun and interactive activities, writes Bruzz. The main...

Large snapping turtle caught in Jette

The fire department in Jette captured a potentially dangerous turtle that had been spotted walking around the Brussels commune for weeks, writes Bruzz. The large animal has since found shelter in the popular Belgian zoo Pairi Daiza. The common snapping turtle, with the scientific name Chelydra...

Angry Brussels merchants return to city hall

Hundreds of owners of businesses in and around the Brussels pedestrian zone will gather this afternoon at city hall to demand the resignation of mayor Yvan Mayeur, writes Bruzz. The merchants find that the mayor does not listen to their needs, and that the pedestrian zone is responsible for their...

Three killed and nine injured in Belgian rail crash

Three people have been killed and nine injured in a train crash in Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse near Liège. Local newspaper L'Avenir said the passenger train travelling between Mouscron and Liers, with about 40 people on board, collided with a freight train on the same track at about 23.00 on Sunday...

Food truck breathes new life into leftovers and unloved wasteland

The Josaphat goods station in Schaerbeek, named after the adjacent park, was closed in 1994. Since then, the 25-hectare site has been empty, while the owner, rail authority SNCB, cleaned the soil, and vague plans were drawn up for a new quarter featuring homes, shops and businesses. Before the...

Klara launches clever app to introduce classical to the masses

Do you like Lana Del Rey? Then you should check out the work of 20th-century Italian composer Nino Rota. Maybe indie band Bright Eyes is more your thing? Then be sure to listen to Beethoven’s Symphony No 9, otherwise known as Ode to Joy. These are just two of the hundreds of revelations awaiting...

New centre to keep older drivers safe on the road

Jessa Hospital in Hasselt and the Institute for Mobility at Hasselt University have founded Samen Veilig Mobiel (Safely Mobile Together), a centre where elderly people can find out whether their physical and cognitive skills are still sufficient to let them safely drive a car. The experts at the...

Red Devils narrowly slip past Norway

The Belgian Red Devils on Sunday won their last friendly match before the start of the European Championship (Euro 2016) later this week by beating Norway 3-2 in a sold-out King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels. Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring in the third minute. But two subsequent goals by Norway's...

New stadium will cost Brussels taxpayers, says magazine

The new national football stadium will cost Brussels taxpayers tens or even hundreds of millions of euros, according to Belgian magazine Médor . The financing of the stadium has raised a lot of questions in recent weeks as the costs begin to add up. The Brussels authorities had vowed that the...

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