Good afternoon!
It's another long weekend this weekend – the last for a while – so today and across the weekend, we have produced some articles to help you enjoy your days off if you are lucky enough to have some.
Unfortunately, the weather is supposed to be changeable for the next few days, so there are some excursions and activities that will keep you out of the showers if and when they happen.
And don't forget it's Fathers' Day in Belgium on Sunday, so we will have a guide of places to go and things to do if you are still looking for inspiration. Unless you are in Antwerp that is, in which case you don't need to bother. This is Belgium after all – nothing is entirely straightforward!
Have a relaxing weekend. The Brussels Times Team will be on duty as usual on Monday to keep you up to date with everything that's happening.
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1. ‘It could have been my child’: Anger grows after ‘gentle’ schoolboy killed in police chase
Fabian, 11, was killed earlier this week as he rode an electric scooter through a park. Read more.
2. Student sitting in garden gets shot in neck, neighbour (72) facing trial
"I sometimes fire a shot to scare away pigeons and rats, and it is possible that this also happened that morning," the neighbour and former paratrooper said. Read more.
3. Brussels Government deadlock: MR ’roundtable’ meeting ‘unlikely to lead anywhere’
"MR is using this meeting to say 'we are doing our best, it's the others who are being difficult.' But they know full well that this will not lead anywhere." Read more.
4. Brussels guinguettes to try this summer season
Brussels' summer bars are back. The Brussels Times has put together a non-exhaustive list of the best 'guinguettes' to check out. Read more.
5. Affordable housing in Brussels faces record demand
The Housing Fund, which assists low-income families in renting or buying homes, has seen its waiting list of prospective tenants expand significantly. Read more.
6. What to do in Brussels this weekend: 6 – 8 June
From street markets to young musical talent, open air parties and more, here's what's on this bank holiday weekend. Read more.
7. Tiger mosquito alert: Belgians urged to be vigilant
New breeding locations are detected each year and the invasive tiger mosquito is starting to establish itself in Belgium. Read more.
