Brussels’ beloved guinguettes — the pop-up bars and cafés that appear in parks during the spring and summer months — could be under threat this year due to the city’s political deadlock. The Belgian capital still doesn’t have a regional government more than six months after an election, with parties unable to agree on forming a coalition.
The consensus was confirmed by four official representatives from the mayor’s committee in Brussels. This is made up of a host of different political parties: Philippe Close (PS), Vincent de Wolf (MR), Benoit Cerexhe (Les Engages), and Olivier Maingin (Ex-Defi).
In a Europe emerging from the Great War, the middle classes begin to emerge, women take over men's work in factories and on farms, and win rights and freedoms. Mass production arrives and consumption is democratised to the rhythm of jazz and Charleston.
The Ullens built their wealth at a time when Antwerp was the main trading center for colonial goods in Europe. Ships docked there to unload their precious cargoes of spices and sugar, cultivated by slaves, in the city’s warehouses.
European Sleeper has confirmed that it will launch its inaugural Brussels - Venice overnight service on February 5.
DR Congo and multiple UN reports have accused Rwanda of using the conflict as a way of looting Congolese minerals, such as gold and coltan,
Rwanda’s top diplomat accuses Belgium of its own responsibility in Congo crisis and bias against his country - Anadolu Ajansı
Belgium on Wednesday warned its citizens against traveling to DR Congo, as Brussels Airlines scrapped a flight to Kinshasa after violent protests erupted over the conflict rocking the east of the country.
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Former Belgium international Radja Nainggolan has been arrested as part of an investigation into cocaine trafficking into Europe from south America, the Brussels Public Prosecutor’s Office said.
The Belgian capital could hardly make a worst first impression, but look beyond the litter, graffiti and high-rises and you’ll be surprised
The airport is managed by the Brussels Airport Company, and it is owned collectively by two investment firms and the Government of Belgium. The Canada-based Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, which is interestingly enough,