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 […]

This year Brussels Airport celebrates its 60th anniversary. On this occasion, last week, 60 free cakes were given to passengers and staff. The airport has been officially opened on July 5, 1958. Currently, Brussels Airport serves 238 destinations, sends and receives about 650 planes every day. Throughout the years, the airport has undergone extensive change […]

The study conducted by Actiris, jobs and training agency, showed that unemployment rate in Brussels is at its lowest point in 15 years. The rate has been declining steadily for the last 3.5 years. At the end of June, 88,541 people were registered as unemployed. That brings the unemployment rate to 15.8%. That is 19,200 […]