Category: The Brussels Times

Brussels, (Brussels Morning)- Exactly one year ago, the Taliban started their attack on the provincial towns. A week and a half later, the Afghan government fell. At the time, many Afghan inhabitants of Brussels were very concerned about their relatives left behind. Among them is the Schaerbeek grocer Abdul Moqim Samadi. “My wife is finally […]

Brussels, (Brussels Morning)- Friends, colleagues, academics and politicians send their final greetings to the late former VUB rector Paul De Knop through various channels. They remember him as a sporty, enterprising and ambitious man who, as rector, lifted the Vrije Universiteit Brussel to a higher level. Paul De Knop worked from 2004 to 2008 as […]

Brussels, (Brussels Morning)- Barely two years ago, the Brussels government installed the Brusafe regional school for the security and prevention professions in Haren. After an initial investment of 3.7 million euros, it now appears that further renovation costs are far too expensive. And so the government wants to accommodate Brusafe from 2028 in the planned […]

Brussels, (Brussels Morning)- In an interview with the French-language business newspaper L’Echo , Gilles Delforge, director of the Urban Development Company (MSI), the regional agency that owns the Josaphat site, defends the revised future plans for the area. “This is the ideal compromise.” The plans for the Josaphat site are raising tensions between greens and […]

Brussels, (Brussels Morning)- In 2021, 152,131 criminal offences were registered in the Brussels region. That is a decrease of about 11 percent compared to 2020.  After a peak in 2020 of 171,313 registered crimes, that figure is falling again in the Brussels region. This ‘turnaround’ can largely be explained by the enforcement of the corona […]

Brussels, (Brussels Morning)- The municipal container park on Jules Bordetlaan in Evere has to close after several violations of the applicable legislation have been identified. The municipality itself announces this on its website. The cost of the waste processing of the container park for the ailing municipality is also high. After a thorough analysis by […]

Brussels, (Brussels Morning)- The court has ruled that the much- discussed Fedasil centre in Molenbeek must be administratively put in order within forty days, but that seems an impossible task. Mayor Catherine Moureaux (PS) wins this way. It is currently not clear what to do with the 400 asylum seekers who are staying in the […]

Brussels, (Brussels Morning)-  Lucien Kroll, one of the most important figures of Belgian post-war architecture, is no more. Kroll passed away Monday at the age of 95. The Brussels architect was a pioneer in sustainable construction and became widely known for his design of La Mémé, the medical faculty of the Université Catholique de Louvain, […]

Brussels, (Brussels Morning)- The Region has issued the building permit for the renovation and extension of the former postal sorting centre at Brussels-South station, located on Avenue Fonsny. The complex is to become the home base of the NMBS headquarters. There was already considerable opposition to the size and height of the new part of […]

Brussels, (Brussels Morning)-  In order to be able to tackle global warming, the share of beech trees in the Sonian Forest will have to decrease (slightly) in due course. Foresters are already opting for more variety in the trees. A welcome newcomer is the sessile oak, but it is also popular in the rest of […]