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New Caféplan highlights 1,251 Brussels cafés

A new map listing 1,251 cafés in the Brussels-Capital Region - including the price of a beer in each - has been unveiled. An earlier version of the Caféplan, which dates from 2011 and highlights 455 cafés, was confined to the pentagon area, or centre of the city. The new version is the biggest map...

Brussels police hold alcohol check outside major wine fair

Brussels police stationed at the Heysel Parking A on Monday during the annual Megavino wine fair carried out alcohol checks on departing visitors. Out of a total of 354 drivers, five were found to have a blood alcohol level above the legal limit of 0.22 mg per litre. Between 14.30 and 16.30, the...

Belgium opens national IT security centre

Belgium now has a centralised body in charge of cyber security. The Center for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB), officially introduced on Monday by prime minister Charles Michel, is tasked with preventing and dealing with cyber security issues, while providing a platform for private and governmental...

Scientology bribery and extortion trial starts in Brussels

The trial of the Church of Scientology has begun in Brussels, 18 years after the prosecutor’s office first opened an investigation. Both the Belgian and the European branches of the church, as well as 12 leading executives, face charges of bribery, extortion and unlawful practice of medicine. The...

13 wicked ways to spend Halloween in Belgium

The clocks have gone back, the dark nights are drawing in and Halloween weekend is among us again. Here are our tips for how to have a ghoulishly good time on (and around) 31 October in Brussels and beyond. 1. Bruxelles Mon Horreur! On Halloween night the spirits are out and about. This event will...

New direct flight between Brussels and Tokyo

Japanese airline All Nippon Airways (ANA) on Sunday launched a new route between Brussels Airport and Tokyo's Narita Airport. It has been 15 years since there was a direction connection between the two capitals. ANA now flies daily at 20.15 from Brussels to Tokyo. ANA's Boeing 787 Dreamliner...

Princess Astrid and five ministers on mission to Canada

Belgium's Princess Astrid will travel to western Canada next week on a trade mission, accompanied by five government officials. The focus of the mission is the film industry and Belgian food. Both Belgium and Canada are relatively strong players in the film industry. Canadian cities are a popular...

Thousands rally in Brussels for fair treatment of undocumented migrants

According to a police estimate, about 1,000 people took part in a rally in Brussels on Sunday afternoon to show support for undocumented migrants. The event, an initiative of the Coordination des Sans Papiers en Belgique, was supported by numerous organisations such as the League for Human Rights,...

Ozark Henry appointed UN ambassador against human trafficking

Flemish musician Piet Goddaer, better known by his stage name, Ozark Henry, has been appointed a National Goodwill Ambassador against human trafficking. He was chosen by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for his vast international network among activists and artists and his past...

Petition to save the trees on Parvis de Saint-Gilles

Residents of Saint-Gilles have launched a petition to preserve the trees on the Parvis de Saint-Gilles, a popular square in front of the church at the heart of the Brussels commune. The removal of the trees is included as part of the restructuring plan for the square. Saint-Gilles hired landscape...

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