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Tales of the city
17 Mar 2024 by
Passa Porta, Brussels’ international house of literature, is tucked down a little passageway off Antoine Dansaertstraat in the city centre. Up above the bookshop, with its shelves crammed with Dutch, French, German and English language books, is the open-plan office where Sigrid Bousset and her colleagues are putting the finishing touches to the second edition of the Passa Porta Festival.
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Country heading for recession
17 Mar 2024 by
The Belgian economy will shrink this year by 2.5%, according to forecasts by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which warns that the country is heading for a “deep recession”. The federal budget deficit will go up to 4%, where it will remain until 2014. At the same time, unemployment will grow to almost 10%.
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Army aircraft sabotaged
17 Mar 2024 by
Police are investigating the apparent sabotage of two aircraft that were being maintained at Brussels Airport by Sabena Technics, the Zaventem-based company that once formed part of the national airline. One of the aircraft was confirmed as a military C-130 transport plane, while the other belonged to Brussels Airlines.
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The quay to the future
17 Mar 2024 by
“I think it’s important to foster the unique aspects of what we have today on the Scheldekaaien,” says Philippe Teughels. “Take a walk alongside the river, feel the wind, step out of hectic city life. That’s more important than development.”
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The age crunch
10 Mar 2024 by
Flanders’ modern demographics are a ticking time bomb. We’ve know that for awhile now. Populations are dwindling as young couples become increasingly disinterested in having large families, and not having children at all is becoming more common.
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The Broken Circle Breakdown
10 Mar 2024 by Lisa Bradshaw
One does not often associate Flanders with cowboys, but a show that premiered to hoots and hollers in Ghent last summer is riding out across the land, bringing a bit of twang, tears and Stetsons to a theatre near you.
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Smoke signals
10 Mar 2024 by
If you recently kicked the habit and have just stubbed out your last Marlboro Light, then the National Tobacco Museum is probably not for you at the moment. But for anyone else, it’s highly recommended as it offers an insightful look back at the history of tobacco over the last four centuries.
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Family photographs
10 Mar 2024 by
The only thing missing from the Baroque atmosphere of Bozar’s latest exhibition is a string quartet lurking in the shadows. The walls have been painted in ruby reds and emerald greens, and the galleries are dimly lit, creating a heavy reverential atmosphere that suggests a palace chapel, or the bedroom or a particularly decadent pope.
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Business News
10 Mar 2024 by
Flemish media company De Persgroep, publisher of daily newspapers De Morgen and Het Laatste Nieuws, among other properties, has bought a 51% share in PCM, which publishes major Dutch titles such as NRC Handelsblad, Trouw and major sellers De Volkskrant and Algemeen Dagblad.
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Lange Wapper bridge plan collapses under weight of protestors
10 Mar 2024 by
The fate of a controversial viaduct which would pass only metres above houses in central Antwerp was thrown into doubt last week when a report on the plan strongly supported alternatives. Critics greeted the report as a victory, and one minister in the Flemish government pushed for a quick decision and for alternative plans to be scrapped.
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