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Street food comes to Brussels

The City of Brussels has identified 15 potential sites for mobile food stalls, or food trucks. The sites are located mainly in the centre, but also in the North, at the end of Avenue Louise/Louizaan and Neder-Over-Heembeek. Food truck managers can submit their applications until the end of April...

Citizens determine speed camera locations

Yesterday the federal police launched a campaign inviting citizens to go online and tell the police where they see a need for speed cameras. As of 17.00 yesterday, the website www.ikflitsmee.be of the Belgian Road Safety Institute (IBSR/BIVV) received requests for speed cameras at 10,290 locations...

Seven out of ten kids go to day care

Close to 70 percent of children in Belgium between three months and three years of age attends day care. That can be formal day care in a nursery or under the supervision of professional child minders, or informal, under relatives’ care. The figure has remained stable since 2009, but the choice of...

Di Rupo welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping to Belgium

The Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived at Brussels Airport on Sunday morning, where he and his wife Peng Liyuan were greeted by Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo. As part of his three-day visit to Belgium, the President visited the Royal Palace to meet with King Philippe and Queen Mathilde. The...

5,000 march in Brussels for self-determination

More than 5,000 people from various European citizens' movements, including the Flemish People's Movement, marched on Sunday in Brussels. The protesters want the right to self-determination to be recognised by the European institutions. The group gathered around 11.00 at Parc Cinquantenaire/...

Less use of one- and two-cent coins

The federal government has reached an agreement on the principle of allowing retailers to round prices up or down to the nearest five cents. The new measure will allow shopkeepers to avoid dealing with one- and two-cent coins. The coins will continue in circulation, but their use will be much...

Missing panel of Ghent Altarpiece possibly found

One of the most enduring criminal mysteries in Flanders, and the longest-running investigation on the books of the Ghent prosecutors’ office, could be nearing a solution, according to a Flemish historian. The panel known as “De rechvaardige rechters”, or “The Righteous Judges”, from the Ghent...

VUB wants to offer more classes in English

For the first time, Belgium’s universities and colleges have released a joint statement in the run up to the elections on May 25. In this way they hope to make their demands clear to future decision-makers in Flanders, Brussels and the federal government. In its ‘Memorandum 2014-2019’, The Free...

Waregem becomes Brussels in The New York Times

Waregem, a city in West Flanders, Belgium, graced the front page of almost all editions of The New York Times on Thursday, on the occasion of US president Barack Obama’s visit there on Wednesday. While the European edition of the renowned paper correctly referred to Waregem in the photo caption, in...

More bike-only streets for Brussels

The Brussels-Capital Region’s transport minister, Brigitte Grouwels, and mobility minister Bruno De Lille have announced plans to create more bike-only streets in the city, like the experimental route on Avenue Louise/Louizalaan between Rue de La Vallée/Dalstraat and Place Stéphanie/Stephanieplein...

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