If you are planning a move to Belgium – you can set up your bank account before you even get here. BNP Paribas Fortis Bank provides services specifically tailored to expats. You can open an account online and have a bank card ready and waiting for you on the day you arrive. BNP can also […]

Artsen Zonger Grenzen, the local chapter of Doctors Without Borders, has introduced the most sophisticated mobile surgical unit in the world. It was open to the public on Rogierplein in Brussels at the weekend. The unit has its own water and electricity systems and is not dependent on outside services and supplies, which can be […]

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 […]