Since 1951, the World Music Contest (WMC) for harmony bands, fanfare bands, brass bands and marching bands, is held every four years in Kerkrade, the Netherlands.
A statue of Audrey Hepburn will be installed in Rue Keyenveld in Ixelles. This is no coincidence as the actress was born here in 1929. The date of the statue's installation is still unknown.
The novel ‘War and Turpentine’ continues to be a hit abroad. The author Stefan Hertmans has now also won the Spycher Literature Prize in Leukerbad, Switzerland.