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Brussels Press Review — Sunday 8 March 2026

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🌫️ 6°C right now (foggy), warming up to 8°C → 18°C today. Classic March plot twist: you’ll start the morning in a cloud and end the afternoon in sunglasses. Happy International Women’s Day! 🌸

Top Stories

✈️ National strike on 12 March — ALL departing flights cancelled at Brussels Airport Mark your calendars (and rebook your tickets). A national strike next Thursday will ground every single departing flight at Zaventem. Unions aren’t messing around. If you’re flying out Thursday: you’re not. Simple as that.

😱 Pilots aborted takeoff at 235 km/h — on a TAXIWAY File this under “things that should absolutely not happen.” Pilots at Brussels Airport aborted a takeoff at 235 km/h after realising they were accelerating on a taxiway, not the runway. Everyone’s fine, but someone’s got some explaining to do. The aviation investigation is underway.

💛 7-year-old Enzo wakes from coma after bus accident Some good news for a change. Little Enzo, the 7-year-old who was hit by a bus in Brussels, has woken up from his coma. Brussels is rooting for you, petit bonhomme. 🙏

🏬 Basilix shopping centre’s future in doubt The Basilix mall in Koekelberg — you know, that brutalist temple of retail near the Basilica — is facing an uncertain future. What comes next? Another mixed-use development? More padel courts? Place your bets.

⚽ Union smash Genk 2-0 — Brusseleirs on fire Union Saint-Gilloise put two past Genk without reply. The Parc Duden club keeps punching above its weight. Saturday night in Saint-Gilles was buzzing.

Also in the News

  • 🎨 Possible Michelangelo discovered in Brussels — Belgian collectors may have found a lost masterpiece by the Renaissance master. IRPA is investigating this potential art world bombshell.
  • 🚇 Major works on North-South rail junction — Weekend test installations as Brussels’ busiest rail link gets a major upgrade.
  • 🏛️ New Brussels government under Dilliès — The MR politician officially takes the wheel, with opposition already sharpening their knives.

Sources: Brussels Times, BX1, BRUZZ, RTBF

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