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title: "Brussels Press Review — Thursday 5 March 2026"
date: 2026-03-05
tags: [news, press-review, transport, environment, culture]
lang: en
summary: "Temperature records broken, autonomous buses coming, cable thieves hit Brussels rail, and Lous and the Yakuza is back."
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☀️ **BRUSSELS PRESS REVIEW** — Thursday 5 March 2026

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## 📋 IN THE NEWS

- 🌡️ **Yesterday broke a temperature record** — 18.3°C in Uccle on 4 March, smashing the 1997 record of 17°C. Climate change says hello. (BRUZZ)

- 🤖 **Autonomous buses running in Leuven — Brussels watching closely** — De Lijn's driverless buses are a European first on public roads. STIB is taking notes. (BX1)

- 🐾 **Watermael-Boitsfort launches adoption subsidy for shelter animals** — 60% of adoption fees covered, up to €200/animal. Already exists in Etterbeek, Ixelles and Uccle. (RTBF)

- 🔌 **Cable theft disrupted Brussels rail** — Copper thieves hit tracks near Evere overnight, causing single-track chaos between Haren and Bruxelles-Luxembourg. (BX1)

- 💰 **PVDA: Molenbeek "financially strangled" by federal government** — Nearly a third of the commune's €250M budget absorbed by federal costs; police funding 30% lower than elsewhere. (BRUZZ)

- 🎵 **Lous and the Yakuza is back** — Brussels' own announces a comeback and Pukkelpop this summer. (BRUZZ)

- 🎧 **LISTEN festival: tunnel rave in the Jubelpark tunnel on 4 April** — Electronic music in a car tunnel. Peak Brussels energy. (BRUZZ)