It is feared that the health pandemic could affect this year’s Remembrance Sunday commemorations in Belgium. The coronavirus crisis is likely to have a financial impact on the local Poppy Appeal, given that it is feared the public may well be cautious about the risks of touching collection tins and the poppies themselves. Even so, the…
The coronavirus health pandemic has wrought havoc with the hotel industry in Belgium, as elsewhere. Add to the mix travel chaos caused by quarantine restrictions and it all adds up to a nightmare year for the sector. But, thankfully and contrary to what you might think, it is not quite all doom and gloom and…
To pay tribute to this dynamic centenarian, from the 16th October through to 13th December Autoworld is organising a retrospective of the Japanese make with 16 historic and iconic cars, numerous documents and exceptional scale models. This exhibition has been made possible thanks to the support of Mazda Motor Belux and several collectors who were delighted to lend the museum their pride…
Brussels restaurants that are making an extra effort to ensure visitors’ safety are being awarded a special label. The label, issued by the Brussels region and tourism agency visit.brussels, also applies to hotels and venues. One objective is to boost the tourist sector as it still struggles to restart its activities. Another aim to provide…
Founded in New York in 1992 and launched in Brussels in 2010, a shining example of participatory tourism, the network of Brussels Greeters will celebrate its 10th anniversary in September. In these uncertain times, the Greeters believe that it is more essential than ever to share one of their fundamental values: cultural exchange and the…
The Fourth edition of the Atomium Prizes for comic strips with prizes totalling €100.000 will be awarded in Brussels tomorrow, 18 September. The winners of the Atomium Prizes, organised as part of the Comic Strip Experience, will be announced on Friday 18 September. The announcement will be made exclusively online this year, due to the…
Due to the ongoing health pandemic we are all having to readjust to the “new norm”. The “new way” of doing things has, of course, very much impacted on restaurants, which were only recently allowed to open their doors again after the long lockdown. One eating place that has, so far, managed to adapt well…
Mikhail Khodorkovsky has published a book presenting his vision of reform in a post-Putin Russia. “What is the Russia of my dreams? It is a country with national interests that lie in a speedy integration into the world economic system, with the opportunity to play a worthy role. It is a democratic state that observes…
The 20 km of Brussels has grown and transformed into a ‘Run for Europe’. With the help of the European institutions, the European Parliament’s Sport Group and many partners, this virtual race will allow all Europeans, from their homes, to play sports and transform this activity into online donations for charities. More than ever, while…
On Saturday 5th September, Sabine Verheyen, Chair of Parliament’s Culture Committee unveiled the details of the revamped LUX award, from now on to be called “LUX— the European Audience Film Award”. “Until now, LUX filmography has emotionally echoed our political work on environment, migration, fighting poverty and inequalities as well as on democracy and pluralism….
