Coverage window: 2026-08-03 to 2026-08-08.
Brussels Weekend Sources - 2026-08-08
Coverage window: 2026-08-03 to 2026-08-08.
This raw Markdown dossier is for review before the weekend newsletter is written or sent.
Source Count
- BX1: 27
- Brussels Times: 25
- RTBF: 5
Weekday Briefs
Topics below come from the English daily briefs already published this week.
2026-08-03
Other
- BX1: Jusqu'à 37°C ce lundi et une alerte orange à la chaleur
- BX1: La capitale en alerte orange : jusqu'à 36 degrés attendus ce lundi
- RTBF: Bruxelles : deux arrestations après une violente altercation à la station Bourse - RTBF Actus
- BX1: Une personne agressée à la machette à Anderlecht : une enquête est en cours
- Brussels Times: Robbers attack victim with machete in Anderlecht overnight
- BX1: Un important chantier débute aux Quatre-Bras avec une nouvelle piste cyclable en construction jusqu'en 2028
- RTBF: Près de 75.000 Belges ont changé de Région en 2025, Bruxelles continue de perdre des habitants - RTBF Actus
- Brussels Times: Brussels Parliament examines rise of
- RTBF: Un couvreur grièvement blessé après la chute d'un échafaudage à Bruxelles - RTBF Actus
2026-08-04
Other
- Brussels Times: Brussels scraps support measures for businesses due to budget pressures
- BX1: Molenbeek : des nouvelles mesures contre le trafic de drogues
- BX1: Licences de cyclopartage annulées : Touring demande de sauver les vélos électriques partagés à Bruxelles
- Brussels Times: Building damaged following explosion in Ixelles
- BX1: L'espace événementiel Lift Brussels fermé pour plusieurs infractions
- BX1: Maisons de repos : un peu d'ingéniosité pour rafraichir les résidents
- BX1: Parc Duden : la contrainte climatique s'invite dans la rénovation
- BX1: Anderlecht : un homme blessé lors d'une bagarre près de la Foire du Midi
- Brussels Times: Brussels café brawl leaves two people injured
2026-08-05
Other
- BX1: Le gouvernement bruxellois suspend plusieurs aides aux entreprises : "Les petites structures vont être touchées directement"
- BX1: "Tout le monde est sous le choc": à Ixelles, l'émotion après la mort d'un gérant de night shop lors d'un braquage
- Brussels Times: Nightshop owner dies in violent robbery in Ixelles
- Brussels Times: Opening of new asylum reception centre in Uccle suspended again
- BX1: Sécheresse à Bruxelles : le code jaune maintenu, le risque de chute de branches augmente
- BX1: Le trafic des trams 7 et 62 perturbé après la chute d'un arbre
- Brussels Times: Brussels has more cycle streets than ever, but cyclists still question their safety
- Brussels Times: Shared e-scooters and bikes need to be taken off Brussels roads
- Brussels Times: Air pollution threshold exceeded at five monitoring stations, including Brussels
2026-08-06
Other
- BX1: Le siège bruxellois d'AXA fermé plusieurs jours après une contamination de l'eau au propylène glycol
- BX1: Violente altercation à la station Bourse: les deux suspects impliqués restent en détention
- BX1: Les lignes de tram 8 et 25 interrompues après la chute d'un arbre sur un caténaire
- Brussels Times: The Brussels Times
- BX1: Réaménagement de l'avenue Louis Bertrand : une centaine d'arbres menacés d'abattage
- BX1: Sécheresse : attention aux chutes de branches en forêt
- Brussels Times: Number of Brussels jobseekers eligible for benefits fell by 40% in July
- Brussels Times: 'Cronyism': Brussels councillor accused of giving away concert tickets using opaque system
- Brussels Times: Brussels has more cycle streets than ever, but cyclists still question their safety
2026-08-07
Other
- BX1: La Commune d'Ixelles ouvre un registre de condoléances en mémoire de Jaswinder Singh, commerçant tué lors d'un braquage
- RTBF: Ixelles ouvre un registre de condoléances après le décès du commerçant Jaswinder Singh - RTBF Actus
- Brussels Times: 'You can feel the tension in the air': Ixelles businesses sound the alarm after killing of beloved shopkeeper
- Brussels Times: Ixelles opens book of condolences for nightshop owner killed in violent robbery
- BX1: La police lance un avis de recherche après le viol d'une femme de 33 ans à Bruxelles
- Brussels Times: Police release images of suspects wanted in connection with rape in Brussels
- Brussels Times: Asylum seekers moved back to dilapidated building after Uccle move halted
- Brussels Times: Everything you need to know about the upcoming e-scooter ban in Brussels
- BX1: Une explosion provoque un incendie dans une maison à Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
- Brussels Times: Service on Brussels tram lines restored after disruptions due to fallen tree
- Brussels Times: Alleged hammer attack at Bourse station was
- BX1: Saint-Géry : un ancien bras de la Senne et une ancienne brasserie classés au patrimoine bruxellois
Today's Fresh Sources
Topics below come from today's source fetch and are translated into English for review.
Security & Justice
- BX1: Une explosion provoque un incendie dans une maison à Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
- BX1: La police lance un avis de recherche après le viol d'une femme de 33 ans à Bruxelles
- Brussels Times: Police release images of suspects wanted in connection with rape in Brussels
Politics
Transport
- Brussels Times: 'You can feel the tension in the air': Ixelles businesses sound the alarm after killing of beloved shopkeeper
- Brussels Times: Service on Brussels tram lines restored after disruptions due to fallen tree
Society
- BX1: À Bruxelles, le blocus s'invite dans des lieux insolites : "C'est exceptionnel, il faut se l'avouer"
- BX1: La vague de chaleur est officiellement terminée
- BX1: Saint-Géry : un ancien bras de la Senne et une ancienne brasserie classés au patrimoine bruxellois
- RTBF: Ixelles ouvre un registre de condoléances après le décès du commerçant Jaswinder Singh
- Brussels Times: What to do in Brussels this weekend: 7 - 9 August
- Brussels Times: Ixelles opens book of condolences for nightshop owner killed in violent robbery
- Brussels Times: Asylum seekers moved back to dilapidated building after Uccle move halted
- Brussels Times: Alleged hammer attack at Bourse station was 'sparked by a dispute over a cigarette'
- Brussels Times: House uninhabitable after fire in Neder-over-Heembeek
- Brussels Times: Man seriously injured after falling down shaft in Brussels city centre
- Brussels Times: Man shot in Uccle after 'private dispute'
- Brussels Times: Everything you need to know about the upcoming e-scooter ban in Brussels
- Brussels Times: Brussels for kids: What to do with your family this weekend - 8 to 9 August
Culture
Sport
- BX1: Mémorial Van Damme : Nafi Thiam participera au concours de la hauteur pour la 50e édition
- RTBF: Burgess parti, Sykes absent plusieurs mois : à l'Union Saint-Gilloise, la parole est à la défense
Raw URL Index
- BX1 - https://bx1.be/categories/news/meteo-la-semaine-debute-avec-un-mercure-au-dessus-des-30c-et-une-alerte-orange-a-la-chaleur/
- BX1 - https://bx1.be/communes/uccle/la-capitale-en-alerte-orange-jusqua-36-attendus-lundi/
- RTBF - https://www.rtbf.be/article/bruxelles-incident-violent-a-la-station-de-premetro-bourse-11764331
- BX1 - https://bx1.be/categories/societe/une-personne-agressee-a-la-machette-a-anderlecht-une-enquete-est-en-cours/
- Brussels Times - https://www.brusselstimes.com/brussels/2255726/robbers-attack-victim-with-machete-in-anderlecht-overnight/
- BX1 - https://bx1.be/categories/mobilite/un-important-chantier-debute-aux-quatre-bras-avec-une-nouvelle-piste-cyclable-en-construction-jusquen-2028/
- RTBF - https://www.rtbf.be/article/pres-de-75-000-belges-ont-change-de-region-en-2025-bruxelles-continue-de-perdre-des-habitants-11764348
- Brussels Times - https://www.brusselstimes.com/brussels/2253508/brussels-parliament-examines-rise-of-no-kids-venues-in-the-belgian-capital/
- RTBF - https://www.rtbf.be/article/un-couvreur-grievement-blesse-apres-une-chute-d-un-echafaudage-a-bruxelles-11764373
- Brussels Times - https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2256301/brussels-scraps-support-measures-for-businesses-due-to-budget-pressures/
- BX1 - https://bx1.be/categories/reportages/molenbeek-des-nouvelles-mesures-contre-le-trafic-de-drogues/
- BX1 - https://bx1.be/categories/news/licences-de-cyclopartage-annulees-touring-demande-de-sauver-les-velos-electriques-partages-a-bruxelles/
- Brussels Times - https://www.brusselstimes.com/brussels/2256241/building-damaged-following-explosion-in-ixelles/
- BX1 - https://bx1.be/categories/news/lespace-evenementiel-lift-brussels-ferme-pour-plusieurs-infractions/
- BX1 - https://bx1.be/categories/reportages/maisons-de-repos-un-peu-dingeniosite-pour-rafraichir-les-residents/
- BX1 - https://bx1.be/categories/reportages/parc-duden-la-contrainte-climatique-sinvite-dans-la-renovation/
- BX1 - https://bx1.be/categories/news/anderlecht-un-homme-blesse-lors-dune-bagarre-pres-de-la-foire-du-midi/
- Brussels Times - https://www.brusselstimes.com/brussels/2256272/brussels-cafe-brawl-leaves-two-people-injured/
- BX1 - https://bx1.be/categories/news/entreprises-bruxelloises-ces-aides-seront-suspendues-par-le-gouvernement-a-partir-du-12-aout/
- BX1 - https://bx1.be/communes/ixelles/ixelles-un-gerant-de-night-shop-tue-lors-dun-braquage-sa-femme-baillonnee-dans-la-cave/
- Brussels Times - https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2257786/night-shop-owner-dead-after-robbery-in-ixelles-tbtb/
- Brussels Times - https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2258195/new-asylum-reception-centre-in-uccle-opening-suspended-again-tbtb/
- BX1 - https://bx1.be/categories/news/secheresse-a-bruxelles-le-code-jaune-maintenu-le-risque-de-chute-de-branches-augmente/
- BX1 - https://bx1.be/categories/mobilite/le-trafic-des-trams-7-et-62-interrompu-apres-la-chute-dun-arbre/
- Brussels Times - https://www.brusselstimes.com/brussels-2/2257723/brussels-has-more-cycle-streets-than-ever-but-cyclists-still-question-their-safety/
- Brussels Times - https://www.brusselstimes.com/brussels/2257784/shared-e-scooter-and-bike-operators-in-brussels-told-to-cease-operations-as-soon-as-possible-tbtb/
- Brussels Times - https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2257727/ozone-threshold-exceeded-at-five-monitoring-stations-monday-tbtb/
- BX1 - https://bx1.be/categories/news/le-siege-bruxellois-daxa-ferme-plusieurs-jours-apres-une-contamination-de-leau-au-propylene-glycol/
- BX1 - https://bx1.be/categories/news/violente-altercation-a-la-station-bourse-les-deux-suspects-impliques-restent-en-detention/
- BX1 - https://bx1.be/categories/news/les-lignes-de-tram-8-et-25-interrompues-apres-la-chute-dun-arbre-sur-un-catenaire/
- Brussels Times - https://www.brusselstimes.com/brussels-2/2259592/two-brussels-tram-lines-disrupted-after-tree-falls-on-overhead-line/
- BX1 - https://bx1.be/categories/news/reamenagement-de-lavenue-louis-bertrand-une-centaine-darbres-menaces-dabattage/
- BX1 - https://bx1.be/categories/news/secheresse-attention-aux-chutes-de-branches-en-foret/
- Brussels Times - https://www.brusselstimes.com/brussels-2/2258992/number-of-brussels-jobseekers-eligible-for-benefits-fell-by-40-in-july/
- Brussels Times - https://www.brusselstimes.com/brussels/2258281/cronyism-brussels-councillor-accused-of-giving-away-concert-tickets-using-opaque-system/
- BX1 - https://bx1.be/categories/news/la-commune-dixelles-ouvre-un-registre-de-condoleances-en-memoire-de-jaswinder-singh-commercant-tue-lors-dun-braquage/
- RTBF - https://www.rtbf.be/article/ixelles-ouvre-un-registre-de-condoleances-apres-le-deces-du-commercant-jaswinder-singh-11767281
- Brussels Times - https://www.brusselstimes.com/brussels-2/2259110/you-can-feel-the-tension-in-the-air-ixelles-businesses-sound-the-alarm-after-killing-of-beloved-shopkeeper/
- Brussels Times - https://www.brusselstimes.com/brussels/2260860/ixelles-opens-book-of-condolences-for-nightshop-owner-killed-in-violent-robbery/
- BX1 - https://bx1.be/categories/news/la-police-lance-un-avis-de-recherche-apres-le-viol-dune-femme-de-33-ans-a-bruxelles/
- Brussels Times - https://www.brusselstimes.com/brussels/2260816/police-release-images-of-suspects-wanted-in-connection-with-rape-in-brussels/
- Brussels Times - https://www.brusselstimes.com/brussels/2260524/asylum-seekers-moved-back-to-dilapidated-building-after-uccle-move-halted/
- Brussels Times - https://www.brusselstimes.com/brussels/2259560/what-is-happening-with-e-scooters-in-brussels/
- BX1 - https://bx1.be/communes/woluwe-saint-lambert/une-explosion-provoque-un-incendie-dans-une-maison-a-woluwe-saint-lambert/
- Brussels Times - https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2260291/service-on-brussels-tram-lines-restored-after-disruptions-due-to-fallen-tree/
- Brussels Times - https://www.brusselstimes.com/brussels/2260676/alleged-hammer-attack-at-bourse-station-was-sparked-by-a-dispute-over-a-cigarette/
- BX1 - https://bx1.be/categories/news/saint-gery-un-ancien-bras-de-la-senne-et-une-ancienne-brasserie-classes-au-patrimoine-bruxellois/
- BX1 - https://bx1.be/categories/news/a-bruxelles-le-blocus-sort-des-bibliotheques-et-sinvite-dans-des-lieux-insolites/
- BX1 - https://bx1.be/categories/societe/la-vague-de-chaleur-est-officiellement-terminee/
- BX1 - https://bx1.be/categories/culture/de-faux-billets-pour-lodyssee-circulent-kinepolis-appelle-les-spectateurs-a-la-prudence/
- BX1 - https://bx1.be/categories/sport/memorial-van-damme-nafi-thiam-participera-au-concours-de-la-hauteur-pour-la-50e-edition/
- RTBF - https://www.rtbf.be/article/burgess-parti-sykes-absent-plusieurs-mois-a-l-union-saint-gilloise-la-parole-est-a-la-defense-11767220
- Brussels Times - https://www.brusselstimes.com/brussels-2/2260353/what-to-do-in-brussels-this-weekend-7-9-august/
- Brussels Times - https://www.brusselstimes.com/brussels-2/2260483/house-uninhabitable-after-fire-in-neder-over-heembeek/
- Brussels Times - https://www.brusselstimes.com/brussels-2/2260454/man-seriously-injured-after-falling-down-shaft-in-brussels-city-centre/
- Brussels Times - https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2260441/man-shot-in-uccle-after-private-dispute/
- Brussels Times - https://www.brusselstimes.com/brussels-2/2259557/brussels-for-kids-what-to-do-with-your-family-this-weekend-8-to-9-august/