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Antwerp closes main shopping street to all traffic after Nice attack

21.07.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Antwerp has agreed to block the Meir shopping street to traffic, following the terrorist attack in Nice in which a man driving a lorry mowed down hundreds of people on Bastille Day, killing 84 and injuring many more. “The pedestrian zone on and around the Meir is now blocked to motorised traffic from 11.00 to […]

New gorilla makes himself at home in Antwerp Zoo

27.02.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

The gorillas of Antwerp Zoo have welcomed the arrival of a what should become the new leader of the group. Six weeks after the death of Kumba, the zoo this week welcomed Matadi, a 12-year-old silverback from Howletts Wild Animal Park in Canterbury, the UK. Matadi (pictured) will not join the zoo’s band of four […]

Ikea to introduce online sales in Belgium

04.02.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

The Swedish furniture giant Ikea offers its products online in many countries, and next year Belgium will join the list. The company announced that it will launch a new online shop for Belgian consumers in 2017 in an overall effort to expand its web business into all markets, writes De Tijd. The biggest news to […]

John Cleese brings comedy show to Belgium

15.10.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

The legendary British comedian John Cleese will give three shows in Belgium in April next year. The “most senile member of Monty Python”, according to the promo text, will perform ‘Last time to see me before I die’ on 27 and 28 April in Antwerp’s Stadsschouwburg, and on 29 April in Brussels’ Bozar. It is […]

First Apple Store in Belgium opens in Brussels

26.09.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Belgium’s first Apple Store opened on 19 September in Brussels, to the delight of hundreds of Apple fans who queued up early in the morning to attend the grand opening. The shop, located in the Toison d’Or Arcade, is the first to be designed entirely by Apple’s chief designer Jonathan Ive and retail chief Angela […]

Unusual Belgian Alphabet (continuation) Part 3

12.09.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

See the 1st part in publication from the Aug, 27th, the 2nd part – Sep, 1st H Belgians seem to me to be HARD-NOSED. Pragmatic, in other words. As an illustration I can present a few words which the Belgian Prime Minister Charles Mitchel said in Davos in January 2015: “Belgians are known as a […]

Wage watchers: How much does a sales co-ordinator earn?

06.09.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

We asked Robin, 25, from Antwerp how much she earns and how she spends it. – What do you do for work? – I’m a sales and office co-ordinator and also the personal assistant to the CEO at an SME in Antwerp. I earn €1,550 net per month. – Do you like your job? – […]

Antwerp still biggest hub for diamond trading

30.08.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Antwerp remains the largest diamond trading hub in the world, according to figures recently published by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, a body which monitors world production and distribution of this precious mineral. In 2014, a staggering 234.7 million carats of diamonds passed through the Anvers hub, 44 million more than India. Imports to Antwerp […]

Belgium wins the international firework competition in Monaco

16.08.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

The Belgian company HC Pyrotechnics, based in Boechout (Antwerp province), has won the international pyromusical firework competition in Monaco, it revealed on its website. The competition’s four finalists battled it out this summer. The Belgian competitors, under the direction of Cliff Hooge, showed their entry on the 18th of July. Italy came second, Slovakia third, […]

More than 420,000 firearms declared in Belgium

28.07.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

According to a census launched in 2006, there are currently 426,939 declared firearms for 108,579 firearms’ holders in Belgium. The census was started following the entry into force of the Onkelinx law, which stipulates that a person in possession of a firearm must declare it. The provinces with the highest number of firearms are Hainaut […]