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More Charlie Hebdo copies to go on sale in Belgium on Monday and Tuesday
Photo: Yves Tennevin/Wikimedia. Licensed under Creative Commons An extra 15,000 copies of Charlie Hebdo will go on sale in Belgian newsagents on Monday morning and another 20,000 on Tuesday, as...
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Eurostar services resume with delays up to an hour after fire
Photo: Hugh Llewelyn/Wikimedia. Licensed under Creative Commons. Eurostar and Eurotunnel services have resumed this morning, but with delays of up to an hour because one tunnel is out of action...
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Roads are slippery and flights are delayed this morning after large parts of Belgium received an overnight sprinkling of snow. Up to 6cm of snow fell in the early hours of Saturday morning. Roads in...
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Cigarette smuggling gang hit with massive €9m fine… each
Six convicted cigarette-smugglers in Genappe have each been ordered to pay a massive €9m fine by a court in Nivelles. The group were caught in August 2013 by customs officers, who seized 36 pallets...
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Thomas Cook wins challenge against €90,000 aircraft noise fines
Photo: Wikimedia Thomas Cook has succeeded in overturning a series of fines for aircraft noise over Brussels. The airline appealed against five noise pollution fines totalling €90,000 on a...
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100,000 celebrate launch of Mons 2015 European capital of culture
Photo: Quentin Top. Courtesy of Mons 2015 press office More than 100,000 people partied in the streets despite the cold weather on Saturday evening to mark the beginning of Mons European capital of...
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Spend seven minutes in a ‘Love Box’ this Valentine’s Day
Singles looking for love in Namur are being offered the opportunity to spend seven minutes in a “Love Box” in the city centre with a stranger this Valentine’s Day. The unusual speed dating concept...
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Driver injured as tree crashes through tram windscreen in Tervuren
Photo: Vitaly Volkov/Wikimedia. Licensed under Creative Commons A Brussels tram driver has had a lucky escape, suffering minor injuries when a tree crashed through his windscreen in Tervuren....
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19 hospitalised in carbon monoxide scare at Brussels restaurant
Nineteen people have been treated for carbon monoxide poisoning at a restaurant in Brussels. Most of those affected were staff at the Fin de Siècle, on Rue des Chartreux, but locals living above the...
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Liège ice festival attracts 160,000 and will return next year
The inaugural edition of the Liège ice festival has been hailed a success – with plans already announced for a comeback. More than 160,000 visitors have admired the 150 ice sculptures since the...
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Belgium, France and Netherlands sign Meuse cycle path deal
Photo courtesy of Meuse Vélo Tourisme A major new cycle path linking the Ardennes to Rotterdam, following the path of the Meuse river, has been given the green-light by authorities in France, Belgium...
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Party the morning away at Namur ‘breakfast club’
A party organiser in Namur is flipping the idea of a “night out” on its head – by inviting people to a bash before they head to work. The breakfast party idea apparently comes from New York and will...
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No parking spaces? Use a stranger’s driveway with this Belgian site
A site that aims to ease drivers’ parking headaches – by allowing you to take up someone else’s driveway – is proving popular in the southern suburbs of Brussels. After Uber’s ridesharing and AirBnB’s...
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Go wild in the aisles with a trolley dash… at Lidl
Photo: Onderwijsgek/Wikimedi. Licensed under Creative Commons How many free goods can you grab from a Lidl store in 60 seconds? One shopper will find out on Wednesday morning when the discount retailer...
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Dozens of false bomb alerts in Belgium since Charlie Hebdo attacks
Photo: Tom Morris/Wikimedia. Licensed under Creative Commons Emergency services are being overstretched after dealing with dozens of false bomb alerts around Belgium since the Charlie Hebdo terror...
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Widespread Sunday opening in Brussels moves one step closer
Photo: Wikimedia. Licensed under Creative Commons Relaxed rules making it easier for shops in central Brussels to open on Sundays have been approved by the city council and will now be examined by...
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Video reveals Brussels’ most ridiculous (and dangerous) cycle paths
A video showing some of Brussels’ most pointless and downright dangerous cycle paths is stirring up debate online – as new figures claim cycling in the Belgian capital is up 30% in a year. The video,...
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The best park in Brussels is…
Photo: Varech/Wikimedia. Licensed under Creative Commons The Parc Josaphat in Schaerbeek has been voted the best in Brussels for the second year running in a poll by the French-language broadcasters...
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Extra tickets go on sale for Waterloo re-enactment
An extra 8,000 tickets have been put on sale for a massive re-enactment to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo. Organisers have decided to increase capacity for the weekend-long event after...
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Brussels court prosecutes Uber driver for first time
A Brussels court has ruled that ride-sharing service Uber is illegal and has prosecuted a driver for the first time. The long-awaited outcome of the trial, the first of its kind in Belgium, is...
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