Belgium’s rail market is due to be opened up to competition in 2023. The SNCB has begun lobbying for a 10-year extension of its monopoly on domestic rail travel in Belgium. This means the rail operator will remain the sole operator and the sole recipient of subsidies to run domestic train services. Such a […]

  This year is the 30th anniversary of Mini-Europe, one of the most beloved tourist attractions in Brussels. Special events take place throughout 2019. This week the park will get a few new exposures: – Rome’s glorious Trevi Fountain – Jan Van Eyck is painting a tiny Ghent Altarpiece. – Peter Paul Rubens applying the […]

  On Tuesday the European Parliament voted to remove the seasonal time change. The final changing is planned for the last Sunday of March 2021 for the countries that would like to keep summer time. For countries wishing to keep winter time, the final time changing will be in October of that year. It is […]

  “The Europe we want, the Europe we need!” is the event initiated by Brussels’ two main unversities, Université Libre de Bruxelles and Vrije Universiteit Brussel. The event for young people on the future of the European Union took place on Wednesday. Young people talked about important EU issues. MEPs, journalists, academics and representatives were […]

  Flanders’ and Brussels’ jobs and training agencies – VDAB and Actiris, promote a campaign about applying for jobs in the periphery. The number of job vacancies in the municipalities that dot the Flemish ring around Brussels continues to grow. The campaign slogan is “New Job? Next Stop!”. It means that it is easy to […]

  The Dutch House of Representatives has started an initiative to discuss with Belgian authorities banning flights between Brussels and Amsterdam. The House finds no reason to continue flights as passengers actually lose time for check-in, take-off and landing. Using train is less time consuming and significantly more environmentally friendly. The federal economy minister and […]

    After a unanimous vote in parliament the compulsory school age for Belgian children will be cut from six to five in 2020. Proposals to lower the starting age have been debated for at least the past 15 years. The age reduction aims to better guarantee equality of opportunities and promote language learning, especially […]

  Belgium has got 8th place at the prestigious culinary competition Bocuse d’Or also known as the gastronomic Olympics. In the overall judging, Denmark took first place, followed by Sweden and Norway. Belgium was represented at the final in Lyon, France by chef Lode De Roover of Fleur de Lin restaurant in Zele, East Flanders, […]