By Lorenzo Marchese
Many organizations and political groups share the opinion that the first step to make our life sustainable is to make our social habitat sustainable. Cities are the centre of our social life and the way they will be built and planned in the future needs to take notice of this priority. On the 10th of April, political actors, stakeholders and experts were gathered in a seminar organized by SAAB to explore what are the core elements that a sustainable urban environment should have in the future.
Many
believe the way out of the crisis can only be found by resisting
nationalist temptations and go for more Europe: the Spinelli Group is
one of the main platform arguing for this point. It is time to see
how, with the help of new European media, it might one day reach
this goal.
Between 15 and 17 November, Brussels Expo opened its stalls to exhibitors and guests for 
Salman Rushdie was in Brussels on 13th November to present his autobiography “Joseph Anton: A Memoir”. This was the opportunity for an author knowing the difficulties and responsibilities it implies to reiterate his fight for free speech. Meeting with an entertaining speaker who doesn’t keep his mouth shut.
Every
music lover in Brussels knows Autumn Falls. This one-week festival
across the center of Brussels gives (undiscovered) bands a chance to
convince their crowd….The third edition starts today and lasts
until the 2nd of December.
The
restored army of legendary first emperor is in Brussels, from
November 19 2012 to February 17 2013. Honor to who honor is due: for
its first event exhibition, it is the Stock exchange palace that
welcomes the terracotta soldiers.
One way or another,
the sun shines almost every Sunday in Brussels. Do not stay indoors,
go discover what the city has to offer. Our tip of the week: Moroccan
pancakes with mint tea at Marché du Midi (or
Zuidmarkt in Dutch).
There is no theme for
the 
The web has profoundly transformed society, as it transforms itself as well. From commercial data recovery to citizen reappropriation, what is its future? The Freedom Festival hones in on this subject. 
Less than a year after the political crisis in Belgium was surmounted through the formation of a federal government determined to keep the country together, Belgian citizens voted at the local elections on October 14th. Many again wonder if the electoral results will lead the country into a new national crisis due to the Flemish-Francophone divide. Notwithstanding this fact, in Brussels the attention of the expatriates was captured by the considerable presence of foreign candidates in the electoral lists, showing that perhaps the future of the city and the country politics is more multicultural than many believe. 
What was proposed in June has today been “confirmed and clarified”: the European Banking Union
is born. The new union’s legislative framework will be put in place as of 1 st January 2013, thereby
promoting the ECB to banking supervisory status over member states and boosting confidence in the
financial markets. 
"The Meantime:
Nine Short Stories from Brussels" is a unique project bringing
together nine diverse voices to tell the story of what it is to be
young in Brussels. 
An international conference on online journalism, or
neo-journalism, was held on 3-4 October in Brussels. Some illumination
on this massive construction think tank.
If you've never heard it before, you might easily confuse the term brusselization with some eurojargon. And I wouldn't blame you. The term sounds like it has something to do with European Union legislation and its impact on EU member states. In fact although the term does share a distant association with the EU, this has definitely nothing to do with its laws.
This year, the 17th Pride Week will be held from 4-12 May 2012. “La Pride du 12 mai” (Pride of 12th May), which will take place in the centre of Brussels, will conclude and be the culmination of “Rainbow Week” in Belgium. This festive event, organised by Rainbow House (La Maison Arc-en-Ciel), will present the demands of the LGBTQI collective.
"We support our country and the reforms of president Assad. We don’t want any foreign interference.” With this slogan, Syrians in Brussels were demanding on the 11th of march 2012 and other occasions that Western governments stay out of internal affairs in their country of origin. This Sunday, 29 april 2012, many of those exile Syrians showed that they think differently.
Exhausting rehearsal schedules, no time for food, "furious” arguments and laughter to release the tension: this is the atmosphere one week before the debut of “
Reflecting the theme chosen for the 2012 edition of the Brussels Book Fair (“Sex, Books & Rock ‘N Roll”), it’s easy to draw a parallel between erotic literature and rock culture. Ever since ancient times, eroticism has oscillated between conflict and freedom. Today, literature holds a mirror to a society that has changed the standards of subversion.
Sex, eroticism... sometimes taboo, often mysterious. In our European capital, sex is everywhere and not just where it's noticeable. It can be found at the end of an alley, around an exposition, on the small screen, inside a book, in the foggy atmosphere of certain student parties, or simply at home. Glamourous, chic, even trashy, sex in Brussels can be seen in many ways. Fearless and intrepid, Cafebabel Brussels shares with you an investigation into what sex has become in the 21st century in our dear capital.
The word for “dildo” in French, “godemichet,” comes from the medieval Latin expression “Gaude Mihi,” or “Rejoice in Me.” Cafebabel Brussels is talking about toys, sensuality and pleasure, as the team participates in a sex toy Tupperware party, right in the middle of Brussels. There is a real surge in Tupperware parties in the capital. This trend is rather recent and women talk unabashedly about sex. But what really happens at these parties?
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Méabh Mc Mahon
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