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Culture beat – 20 February

It’s the final weekend of the animation film festival Anima 2015 at Flagey with a full programme of screenings and events. They include the classic Les Moomins dur la Riviera, Bob L’eponge and Cartoon d’Or, five films nominated for the European award (in French with English subtitles) plus the...

Scouting out Brussels: A guide to English-speaking scout troops

Scouting is a popular activity for children in Belgium, as anyone who has been to a Brussels park on a sunny Saturday or Sunday can tell you. There you see them, dressed in brown or green or blue with cheerful bandanas tied loosely around their necks. They appear in hordes in tram and metro cars,...

Delhaize increases security after acid attack

A man threw acid in the face of a cleaning woman at a Delhaize store in Antwerp last Friday morning. The assailant is still at large, but police have issued a description and photos taken from security camera footage ( pictured ). The attack happened in the Antwerp Zuid branch in Museumstraat. The...

Brussels gets new 10k race

Brussels can add another running competition to its name, the 10km of Brussels. The first event is scheduled for 19 April, starting from King Baudouin Stadium, with a finish line at Palais 12concert hall in the Heysel district in the north of the city, reports brusselnieuws.be. The new 10km race...

Seven percent of lecturers fail or refuse to take English test

About 7% of lecturers who teach in English at Flemish universities or colleges failed or refused to take the compulsory language test to prove sufficient knowledge of the language. The test was introduced by Flanders’ previous education minister Pascal Smet. Across Flanders and including The Free...

Brussels restaurant industry calls for stricter regulation in Rue des Bouchers

Horeca Brussels, the industry organisation that represents hotels, restaurants and catering businesses, is calling for more stringent action against malpractice in restaurants located in Rue des Bouchers, in the centre of Brussels. The majority of the complaints received by the organisation have to...

Flemish government launches website for healthy pre-pregnancy lifestyle

Women who are trying to get pregnant should already take steps to lead a healthy lifestyle, even before conception takes place, reports De Standaard . The Flemish government has therefore launched a new website with tips for the general public on getting healthy before falling pregnant:...

Into the wild: Belgium’s 6 coolest animals

In general, it’s fair to say that when it comes to wildlife, Belgium can seem slightly less wild than much of the rest of the world. No need to check your shoes before you put your feet in; you’re unlikely to run into any extremely large, ferocious or poisonous creatures; we hardly even have...

Ready, set, eat! : Making 40 days without meat fun

Today, thousands of people in Belgium will once again kick off the annual 40-day Dagen Zonder Vlees (Days Without Meat) challenge. Since 2011, this yearly Flanders-based awareness campaign (DZV) has aimed to get as many people as possible to eat as few animals as they can for 40 days. It’s not...

New taxi plan paves way for legalisation of Uber

Pascal Smet, mobility minister of the Brussels-Capital Region, has unveiled a proposal for taxi services that could pave the way for ride-sharing service Uber to operate legally for the first time. Smet’s “taxi plan” has not yet been approved but has already come under fire from the capital’s...

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