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Songs for the Season

A Saturday evening after eight and there was hardly a free seat to be had in Saint-Boniface Church in Ixelles. Entertainment not enlightenment was the flavour of the evening and the stragglers who shuffled in from the cold were offered condoms rather than spiritual guidance. All Our Voices Against...

Digital travel: working on the move

Packing for a business trip or off on holiday? These innovations will make your trip smoother and smarter. Samsonite Ultimocabin carry-on case With its new Ultimocabin collection, American luggage maker Samsonite is reinventing the carry-on case. As always, the cases are rugged and light, but the...

Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is Belgian Athlete of the Year

Thibaut Courtois has become the first footballer to be named Belgian Athlete of the Year since the contest began in 1967. "It's very nice to be the first footballer to win this award, which is uncommon for a team player,” he told Het Laatste Nieuws. With a broad smile, 22-year-old Courtois entered...

Subsidies support projects that tackle radicalisation

Flanders’ minister for home affairs and urban policy, Liesbeth Homans, has approved a budget of €154,080 to subsidise two projects aimed at tackling radicalisation among young people. Homans said earlier this year in her policy statement that she wanted to support cities in implementing measures to...

British spying on Belgacom worse than imagined

Espionage by the British intelligence service GCHQ in Belgacom’s telecommunications network was more extensive than previously thought, according to documents revealed by De Standaard and the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad . In September last year, the German magazine Der Spiegel reported, based...

Female students choose same disciplines as 50 years ago

Female students in Belgium continue to choose the same disciplines as 50 years ago, according to a study by the Free University of Brussels (VUB), which examined the study choices of young women enrolled in Belgian universities in the years 1958, 1988, 2005 and 2011. The results of the study are...

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Belgians collected record number of traffic fines in 2013

The Belgian police last year wrote up about 4.8 million fines for traffic violations, a record high and an increase of 4% on the previous year. "The number of serious infringements went up significantly, the types of violations that put other drivers at risk," said CD&V traffic specialist Jef...

Culture beat – December 12

Over the holiday period, you can fill your boots with Christmas cheer and explore the market-filled area of Sainte-Catherine with guided tours (French, Dutch and English) organised by visit.brussels . The hour-long tours take in the Winter Wonders Christmas village and the historic quarter,...

BNP Simplify 12-12-2014

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