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Sand Sculpture Festival 2015

30.06.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Sand Sculpture Festival will take place from 13 June up to 6 September 2015 in Ostend Beach, Belgium City A team of 30 carvers from around the world spent four weeks building 150 giant sculptures based on Marvel, Star Wars, Disney and Pixar movies. Six thousand tonnes of sand brought by 200 trucks were needed […]

Folklore. Ommegang 2015

28.06.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

In Brussels, from 30 June to 2 July 2015. On 30 June and 2 July, on the Grand-Place, from 9 pm, a historic parade, part of the Brussels folklore with more than 1.400 actors, folk and historic groups, horses, puppet theater, giants, flags,… It honours the coming of Charles the Fifth to Brussels in 1549. […]

Google opens second Belgian data center

27.06.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

To “arm itself against the exponential growth of data”, American technology giant Google on Tuesday opened its second Belgian data center in Saint-Ghislain, near Mons. The project involves an extension of the existing infrastructure and an investment worth €300 million, report Belgian media. The data center in Mons is important to Google, as it is […]

Nude cyclists demand better bike safety in Brussels

25.06.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

About 150 nude cyclists rode their bikes through Brussels on Saturday for the 11th edition of Cyclonudista. The cyclists aim to draw attention to their vulnerable position in city traffic and to demand political action be taken to make cycling in the city safer and more attractive. They also want to promote the bicycle as […]

Belgians take gymnastics gold in Baku

23.06.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Ineke van Schoor, Julie van Gelder and Kaat Dumarey claimed three gold medals for Belgium at the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, with winning performances in the women’s group all-around, balance and dynamic events in acrobatic gymnastics. Russian team won the silver medal, while the bronze medal was grabbed by Belarusian gymnasts. http://www.xpats.com/ http://en.trend.az/

Wage watchers: how much does a prisoner earn?

21.06.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

In Belgian prisons, according to De Standaard in 2012, 3,665 of the 11,100 prisoners worked jobs. Altogether, those prisoners who worked earned about €600,000 a month, roughly €163 per prisoner. The 2,000 prisoners who do household work such as cleaning, cooking and laundry get paid an average of €143 per month. Their exact salary depends […]

Welcome to the website for online prevention of the city of Brussels and the commune Ixelles!

20.06.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

The online prevention is a series of tips and tricks to make daily life in the city more enjoyable. Do you live in Ixelles or Brussels? Do you often visit our communes? Here you will find practical advice to avoid some pitfalls. Would you like to call the police to report your credit card or […]

New co-working cafe opens in Ixelles, Belgium

18.06.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Following a trend that already exists in many countries, Belgium now has its own pay-per-hour cafe, reports brusselnieuws.be. At Café La Récré in Ixelles, customers don’t pay according to what they consume but by how long they spend there. The first hour costs €4, during which time customers can order as many hot drinks, water […]

Belgians no longer need a visa for Indonesia

16.06.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Tourists from 30 different countries, including Belgium, are no longer required to obtain a visa to enter Indonesia. The tourists are now allowed to travel to the country for 30 days without the document, report various Belgian media based on an announcement made by the Indonesian government on Friday. Indonesian president Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on […]

Wage Watchers: How much does a service desk engineer earn?

14.06.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

We asked Mathijs Hofkens, 23, from Schilde what he does for a living and how much he earns… – What line of work are you in and what does it pay? – I’m a service desk engineer and lend second-line support to the help desk at a large chemical company in the port of Antwerp. […]