UNESCO International Jazz Day in Belgium: 30th of April
In November 2011, UNESCO officially designated April 30 as International Jazz Day in order to highlight jazz and its diplomatic
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In focus
On a day like this in 1943 an 11-year-old boy jumped from a train in Belgium and escaped deportation to Auschwitz
In the autumn of 1928 George Gershwin began writing Embraceable You, a popular jazz song that would become part of
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The Future Library: Why Norway is planting trees of hope for the world’s future generations
On Monday April 15th, hundreds of people looked up at the sky in Paris and gazed at the impossible: Notre
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Belgian banks to be closed during Easter weekend
All Belgian banks will be closed from Friday 19 to Monday 22 April, said the Belgian Financial Sector Federation (Febelfin)
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€159 million to be spent cleaning oil-polluted soil in Brussels
To cope with the significant amount of soil pollution caused by the use of fuel oil by private individuals, businesses
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A Street Art Trail about Bruegel
visit.brussels, in collaboration with the Brussels collective Farm Prod has been working on a street art trail to pay homage
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Certain cat breeds will no longer be allowed in Brussels
Brussels’ Animal Welfare Council has decided that certain cat breeds will no longer be allowed in the Belgian capital. The
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Nearly 90 Belgian restaurants now offer free water to customers
Who has ever complained about not getting free water in a restaurant? The practice is common in France and the
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Contemporary art brings sparkle to the cultural scene in Brussels
Every year, from April to May, contemporary art takes centre stage. From the not-to-be-missed Art Brussels to the Wim Delvoye
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3 EU debates: Climate change, Big data & Plastics by the BE Press Club – Register now!
There is no other capital in Europe where voting for the European elections is as meaningful as it is in
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