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Citizens of countries outside of the EU who have been offered a job in Belgium will soon have an easier time getting their residency permits. The legislative update has been already approved by the Foreign Affairs Commission and is now awaiting approval by the Chamber.As a result, one form should be approved instead of two […]

Bruges’s city council is going to refuse giving licenses for opening more souvenir shops. Bruges continues to pull in the most tourists in the country – some seven million a year and the quantity of souvenir shops continue to grow. But the problem is that many shops offer cheap products, often made in China. There […]

90 new hybrid buses will be purchased by Brussels public transport operator Stib. New buses which use less fuel, produce less pollution and less noise and will cost about €42.5 million. The Stib has signed an agreement with Volvo to supply and maintain the buses. The vehicles use electric power from an inbuilt battery to […]

The City of Brussels will let its residents to control a part of the municipal budget. Brussels is following the similar initiative that already successfully implemented in Dublin, Lisbon, Madrid, New York, Paris, Porto Alegre and Reykjavic . The City of Brussels will give a €200,000 portion for the particpatory budget and locals will be […]

This summer the City of Brussels is going to allow outdoor weddings at three green spaces of the capital. Between May and September couples will have an opportunity to held weddinng ceremony in Osseghem Park overlooking the Atomium, the Royal Park in central Brussels or the Bois de la Cambre. The city council is expected […]

  Belgium’s three biggest supermarket chains have reduced the sugar and fat content in 3,300 products. Colruyt, Delhaize and Carrefour informed they were able to remove 363 tonnes of sugar, 170 tonnes of fat and 82 tonnes of salt from their own-brand foods. In June 2016, the Belgian food industry federation Fevia agreed a target […]

Trucks weighing more than 7.5 tonnes are to be banned from central Brussels. The ban applies to all streets within the Pentagon inner ring road. New signs are being put up and the city council is working with sat-nav providers to program alternative routes. City of Brussels councillor for mobility Els Ampe said: “The historic […]

According to the Observatoire du Vélo report 2017 there were 28,151 cyclists on the roads last year. About 64.1% of cyclists were men, 34.1% women, and 1.8% children.Half of bike users ride without a helmet. Among the people who took up cycling for the first time in 2017, about 70% were previously public transport users […]