ING Bank and The Bulletin have scheduled the second edition of free Expat Information Fair on 26 September. Hundreds of visitors are expected to come and discuss various aspects of Belgian life: local administration, banking, health care, education and schools, finding a job, sports and leisure and buying a home Starting a business is […]

  Head coach of the Red Devils’, Roberto Martinez, is now an honorary citizen of Waterloo. A ceremony was organised by town officials on Sunday at the Wellington Museum. Martinez attended it with his wife Beth and their daughter Luella. Martinez is a Spaniard and his wife is Scottish by her nationality. “When we arrived […]

  From 3 September Belgian rail operator SNCB extends its suburban “S-Train” network to the four cities outside Brussels. Commuters can buy a City Pass giving unlimited rail travel plus access to the local TEC or De Lijn bus network, costing around €50 per month. The project was nicknamed Angelic, based on the first letters […]

  Next year Primera Air, Latvian low-cost airline, will offer direct flights from Brussels Airport to New York, Washington and Boston. Daily flights to New York (Newark) are due to launch on 9 May. In early June, Boston (Logan) will be served three times a week and Washington (Dulles) four times a week. Planes are […]

  Cafes, bars and restaurants in Brussels are invited to show their support to breastfeeding mothers. It’s necessary to register on new website breastfriends.brussels and to get a free baby changing table and nursing pillow to make available to their customers. The site currently lists about 20 breastfeeding-friendly venues. Most of them are in downtown […]

  Leuven and Antwerp are participating in the competition to be named European Capital of Innovation in 2018. The winning city will get a prize of €1 million, and five other cities will receive €100,000 each. The other contenders this year are Aarhus, Athens, Bristol, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Lisbon, Madrid, Toulouse, Umeå, and Vienna. Applications are […]

  €70 million will be released by Belgian federal government for the construction of a fifth European school in Evere. It will be built on the former Nato’s site in Evere and will open its doors for 2,500 pupils in September 2019. According to De Morgen, the plans have been approved by Belgian interior minister […]

Brussels region’s government has signed an agreement with telecoms operators introducing 5G mobile internet from 2020. Brussels will become the first Belgian city that will implement the ultra-fast technology, told a spokesman for Brussels minister-president Rudi Vervoort. Mobile operators have signed the memorandum of understanding and committed to finding the most efficient way of introducing […]

  According to the information from health minister – supermarkets in Belgium could soon be allowed to sell medical supplies such as sterile dressings, etc. It’s a part of new plan that would rid pharmacies of their monopoly. Health minister Maggie De Block proposed royal decree that would make it possible to buy such medical […]