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  Public holidays: 1 January: New Year’s Day 22 April: Easter Monday 1 May: Labour Day 30 May: Ascension 10 June: Whit Monday (Pentecost) 21 July: National day 15 August: Assumption 1 November: All Saint’s Day 11 November: Armistice Day 25 December: Christmas Day   Governmental Holidays: 11 July: Day of the Flemish-Speaking Community 27 […]

  Brussels Transport Company Stib will offer public transport services in Brussels for free on New Year’s Eve from midnight until 5.00 in the morning. Extra trams and metros will help partygoers to come and see the Atomium fireworks. Roi Baudouin station will be closed,so if you want to go out at the Atomium – […]

  After facing a motion of no-confidence in the federal parliament, Belgian prime minister Charles Michel has resigned. King Philippe has yet to decide whether to accept Michel’s resignation offer. Michel said: “The political realities of our country mean it will be very complex, perhaps impossible, to form a government until the formation of regional […]

  A 12-metre-high obelisk having the words of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights engraved on it has been inaugurated in ‘ Tour & Taxis. The monument consists of 30 coloured stones with all the articles of the declaration in four languages – French, Dutch, German and English. It was designed by landscape architect Bas […]

  The price to send a letter in Belgium will increase for 10% as of 1 January. The cost of mail leaving Belgium is also increasing. Currently a standard stamp to send a standard size letter weighing less than 50 grams within Europe is €1.36 per stamp. Starting on 1 January that will go up […]

  Two months ago Belgium’s inheritance laws changed. The Bulletin and ING Bank organized the event where all aspects of marital contracts, taxes and inheritance laws will be explained. You will get information about changes and how you can start thinking about your own assets and to whom they will be left. The event will […]

  To support the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women Manneken Pis will wear orange this Sunday. Belgian designer Gioia Seghers has created the costume, which has been offered by UN Women and the European Women’s Lobby. As part of a global “Orange the World” campaign Several Brussels landmarks will also be […]

  25 of 695 city council seats in the Brussels Capital Region went to expats in last month’s local elections. Three-quarters of the 25 are women, while half of them are French. Ixelles has the greatest number of expat councillors with five, followed by Etterbeek, Saint-Gilles and Uccle, each with four. To get information how […]

  British firm British Steel has won a €150 million deal of renewing Belgian rail network. British Steel will provide 160,000 tonnes of steel and Belgian government-owned public limited company Infrabel will replace 3,000km of tracks. The first deliveries will be next January. Under the contract, the firm will supply about 40,000 tonnes of steel […]