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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."
☀️ BRUSSELS PRESS REVIEW — Thursday 5 March 2026
📋 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)