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Car Free Sunday in Brussels on 20 September 2015

20.09.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

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 […]

Unusual Belgian Alphabet (continuation) Part 4

19.09.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

See the 1st part in publication from the Aug, 27th, the 2nd part – Sep, 1st Part 3 – Sep, 12th L Due to omnipresent rain, Belgium seems to be LACHRYMOSE with all those strings of drops with which it is decorated. It is said that in Belgium there are 300 rainy days a year. […]

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

17.09.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

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 […]

New €5 coin to commemorate Belgium’s first female minister

15.09.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

The Royal Belgian Mint is issuing a new €5 coin this week that commemorates the country’s first female minister, Margueritte De Riemaecker-Legot, who joined Belgian politics 50 years ago. Finance minister Johan Van Overtveldt will mint the first coin on Wednesday. “Politics in the first half of the 20th century was almost exclusively male-dominated. It […]

2050. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FUTURE (11/09/2015 – 24/01/2016)

13.09.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Exhibition focusses on future for Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium’s Royal Museums of Fine Arts (MRBAB) are collaborating with the Louvre Museum in France, to offer an original project centered on the future from September 11th. The exhibition called “2050, a brief history of the future” includes over 70 contemporary works of art exploring […]

BRUSSELS ART DAYS

10.09.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

11/09/2015 – 13/09/2015 For several years, Brussels Art Days have been the event marking the beginning of the contemporary art year in autumn. Thus, thirty or so galleries celebrate the start of the art season by reopening together. This is when, for a few days, Brussels buzzes with contemporary art. The idea behind this initiative […]

Expat Financial Affairs: Free seminar 3 October

08.09.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

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 […]

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? – […]

Atomium closes out successful summer season

04.09.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

More than 200,000 people visited the Brussels Atomium this summer. It is only the third time since the monument’s reopening in 2006, that it exceeds the milestone of 200,000 visitors, reported the Atomium on Thursday in a press release. In the months of June, July and August this year, 201,280 visitors entered the Atomium, an […]

Manneken Pis now also in Las Vegas

03.09.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

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 […]