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Car Free Sunday in Brussels on 20 September 2015

On Sunday 20 September 2015, Brussels organizes its traditional Car Free Sunday. From 9:30 am till 7 pm, car traffic is not allowed in the Brussels Region, including the City of Brussels. Only urgent services, vehicles of public interest and persons with a pass can circulate in the zones where car traffic is forbidden. The […]

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Start-ups have created nearly 50,000 jobs in Belgium

Belgian start-ups provide employment for approximately 49,000 people, according to a survey by start-up expert Omar Mohout and startups.be. Mohout, professor at the Antwerp School of Management and advisor at technology research centre Sirris, concluded from a survey of 1,400 start-ups (40% of the Belgian start-up market) that these innovative companies were responsible for the […]

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Unusual Belgian Alphabet (continuation) Part 3

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 […]

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Expat Financial Affairs: Free seminar 3 October

If you’re looking for answers to a financial or administrative problem, register now for the third edition of this day-long seminar. Especially designed for expats living in Belgium, it offers workshops and presentations by expert speakers. Sponsors and participating companies will welcome visitors at stands. The event is being staged at Vlerick Business School in […]

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

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? – […]

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Manneken Pis now also in Las Vegas

In addition to a replica of the Eiffel Tower and the Sphinx of Giza, visitors to Las Vegas can now also admire a replica of Manneken Pis, Brussels’ famous statue of a peeing boy. A much larger version of the original bronze statue was unveiled on Tuesday in the American gambling city. It is the […]

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Antwerp still biggest hub for diamond trading

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 […]

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Unusual Belgian Alphabet

Dana Krutinova, living in Belgium for more than ten years has created a special Alphabet dedicating it to Their Majesties the King and Queen of Belgium “I have been living in Belgium for ten years now and this is my thanks to the country which has been my home place all the time, always very […]

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Stationary speed cameras are a violation of privacy laws

The “great majority” of stationary police radar cameras are illegal because they are in violation of privacy laws, according to Belgium’s Privacy Commission. “If a vehicle is ‘flashed,’ the police have the license plate number as well as the name and address of the car owner,” Peter Van den Eynde of the Privacy Commission said. […]

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Grand Place – Nightly picnic

Obviously the Grand Place of Brussels is one of the must see attractions of the city so every tourist will pass by there. But today I want to suggest you go there late in the evening on a warm summer night. Buy a beer in one of the nearby shops, maybe some french fries and […]

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