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30 August 2022

Revival of holidays by air in 2022, with large share of last-minute bookings, says TUI Belgium

After two years of crisis, summer 2022 will go down in history as the season of the great revival of foreign travel. The holiday plans of […]
30 August 2022

Kerala offers a diverse and rich range of experiences for travellers

Today’s travellers are looking for a rich ‘smorgasbord’ of experiences of the nature and cultures of the places they travel to and holiday in. They look for […]
30 August 2022

France is paying car drivers €4,000 to switch to electric bikes

France is paying car drivers €4,000 to trade in their cars and switch to electric bikes to cut down on carbon emissions. In an effort to […]
30 August 2022

Hong Kong’s Peak Tram reopens with a new look

Hong Kong debuted its sixth generation Peak Tram on August 27 with a fully redesigned and improved passenger experience. The Peak Tram is one of the […]
30 August 2022

The use of private jets keeps growing as wealthy seek to evade chaos at airports

The use of private jets is on the rise despite the urgency of curbing CO2 emissions and slowing down climate change. According to data from the […]
29 August 2022

Air France pilots suspended after fighting in the cockpit

Air France has confirmed that two of its pilots were suspended after getting into a fight and exchanging “inappropriate gestures” in the cockpit, during a flight […]
29 August 2022

What impact do Brussels’ expats have on the local economy?

The presence of European and international institutions in Belgium have a significant impact on the economy, especially in Brussels, a recent study by the Free University […]
29 August 2022

Turks’ Schengen visa applications get “deliberately” rejected, says Turkish Foreign Minister

Turkish citizens have been increasingly facing struggles and rejections when applying for visas to Schengen and EU countries, Reuters reports. Last year the percentage of rejected […]
29 August 2022
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€93mn for the world’s first hydrogen passenger trains in Germany

Hydrogen-powered trains are now a reality in Germany’s Lower Saxony state. 1. Hydrogen train fleet A fleet of 14 hydrogen trains powered by fuel cell propulsion […]
29 August 2022

A popular tourist attraction in Lithuania is barring Russian tourists from entering

Once a popular destination for Russian tourists, the Pakruojis Manor tourist attraction, a 19th-century former residential mansion located close to the city of Pakruojis, in the […]
29 August 2022

Brussels boosts plan to reduce road traffic from the historical centre

The plan is part of a growing political trend to move away from car-centric urban policy across Europe. 1. Good Move As part of the city’s […]
29 August 2022

Amazon bets on green hydrogen to help reach its goal of net zero by 2040

Amazon announced that the company has signed an agreement with Plug Power to supply 10,950 tons per year of green hydrogen for its transportation and building […]
29 August 2022

Which cities in the world are the most bicycle-friendly?

If the world cycled as much as the Dutch, CO2 emissions from cars would fall 20%. In the Netherlands, people cycle an average of 2.6 km […]
26 August 2022

TUI group priorizes ‘real emissions reductions’ rather than offsetting them

Focusing on the reduction of emissions rather than offsetting them, TUI Group is now having its own reduction targets scientifically verified. It has submitted its targets […]
25 August 2022

British-Belgian Mack Rutherford becomes youngest person to fly solo around the world

Mack Rutherford, a 17 year old Belgian-British teenager, landed in Bulgaria on Wednesday afternoon, becoming the youngest pilot to fly solo around the world. After a […]
25 August 2022

Ambassador Baimukhan: “Kazakhstan has a lot to offer to Belgian tourists”

Margulan Baimukhan was appointed Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the European Union in 2021. Having started his career at Daewoo Electronics, he has served as Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador […]