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Electric scooter-sharing scheme to launch in Brussels

14.07.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

A self-service electric scooter sharing scheme, called Scooty, will launch in Brussels in September. Users will have the choice between a subscription-based payment and pay-as-you-go. Additionally, Scooty will offer package deals to businesses that are interested in offering the scooters to their employees to get to and from work. Scooty says in its launch announcement: […]

Flanders celebrates its history with war memorial, music and dancing

12.07.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Across Flanders, people have been celebrating Flemish Community Day, which marks the 1302 defeat of a battalion of French cavalry in Kortrijk by a militia from the cities of Flanders. Since 1973, the day has been a public holiday in Flanders. The official commemoration took place at the Ijzertoren in Diksmuide, West Flanders, where minister-president […]

Brussels wins award for pedestrian zone – and vetoes another project

10.07.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

The city of Brussels has won a European town planning award for its pedestrian zone – in the same week that it vetoed plans for another pedestrian area on Place Royale. Brussels city hall said the award “affirms our willingness to give the city centre back to its inhabitants and to contribute to a better […]

Brussels Philharmonic provides score for High-Rise

09.07.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Brussels Philharmonic has provided the soundtrack for the new movie High-Rise, a dystopian satire about a 1970s insular community living inside a London high-rise building where the higher you live, the better off you are. The film is based on the novel by the late British author JG Ballard. The philharmonic recorded the score for […]

Atomium celebrates 10 years since renovation

07.07.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

300 balloons were released at the Atomium on the occasion of the 10-year anniversary of the complete renovation of the Brussels monument. The anniversary will be celebrated with various activities throughout the year. The landmark will treat visitors to the free festival ‘Rock Around the Atomium’ on 13 August, with performances by three Belgian bands. […]

Uber to launch meal delivery service in Brussels

05.07.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Transport company Uber is recruiting staff in Brussels to help expand its meal delivery service UberEATS, reports Bruzz. The service allows customers to use a simple app to order and pay for a meal, which is then delivered to the home by an Uber courier within 35 minutes on average. UberEATS exists in 19 cities […]

Four Belgian directors to join Oscar academy

03.07.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Four Belgian filmmakers have been invited to join the prestigious American Oscar academy, writes De Morgen. Directors Dominique Deruddere (pictured), Sahim Omar Kalifa, Marie-Hélène Dozo and cinematographer Jo Willems yesterday received an invitation in the mail from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to join the organisation which is best known for […]

Belgium creates 43 000 new jobs this year

02.07.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Last year, 41,000 new jobs were created in Belgium and this year another 43,000 jobs will be created, resulting in nearly 55,000 fewer job seekers in 2018, and a drop in the unemployment rate from 8.6% to 7.8%, according to the latest report by the High Council for Employment (HRW).

Belgian football fans cause ‘earthquakes’ during match

29.06.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

The seismograph of the Belgian Royal Observatory in Uccle on Sunday evening registered seismic activity after each of Belgium’s four goals against Hungary, writes Sporza. The Royal Observatory also registered a small earthquake last week immediately following Nainggolan’s goal in the match against Sweden.

National Botanic Garden has world’s longest picnic table

28.06.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

A picnic table at Belgium’s National Botanic Garden in Meise was named the longest picnic table in the world on Sunday after a Guiness World Record adjudicator measured its 300 metres and 58 centimetres. The table was built to kick off the summer season, but also to symbolise the transfer of the Botanic Garden from […]