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Belgium

Brussels Ring Road to be closed this weekend

From 22:00 on Saturday until 06:00 on Sunday, the Brussels Ring Road in Zaventem will be closed to traffic, to enable the safe installation ...

Friday, June 24, 2022
Belgium produces 4.1% more CO2 emissions from fossil fuels in 2021

In 2021, as Covid-19 restrictions were lifted and economic activity began to recover, Belgium returned to its past polluting habits. ...

Friday, June 24, 2022
Property prices higher in Brussels than anywhere else in Belgium

For those looking to become property owners in Belgium, Statbel has released their latest figures on property prices in the country. ...

Friday, June 24, 2022
Oral sex and throat cancer link increasingly apparent, UZ Leuven claims

Smoking and alcohol have been known as the main risk factors for developing throat cancer, but research in recent years has also ...

Friday, June 24, 2022
Belgium in Brief: A future within the EU?

After many weeks of build-up, the European Council officially granted European Union candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova on Thursday, ...

Friday, June 24, 2022
Over 4 in 10 Belgians prepared to trade online privacy for discounts

Over four in ten Belgians say they are prepared to give up part of their online privacy in exchange for benefits, such as discounts or ...

Friday, June 24, 2022
This summer will be hotter than average as ‘seasons are disturbed by global warming’

Belgium’s Royal Meteorological Institute (RMI) predicts that this year’s summer will be warmer than the average summer, also claiming that ...

Friday, June 24, 2022
Wallonia plans commemoration ceremony for flood victims on 14 July

Wallonia will commemorate with an official ceremony the first anniversary of the deadly floods that hit the region in July last year on 14 ...

Friday, June 24, 2022
Wallonia dedicates €11 million to reducing environmental health risks

The Wallonia Government approved two projects related to environmental health as part of its Covid-19 recovery plan on Thursday. The plan ...

Friday, June 24, 2022
Drug driving and speed offences skyrocketed last year in Belgium

The number of drivers who broke the speed limit on Belgian roads in 2021 reached a new record, while an increasing number of people are ...

Friday, June 24, 2022
Belgium to reopen embassy in Kyiv

Belgium is set to reopen its embassy in Kyiv from mid-July, the office of Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Cross announced on 23 June. ...

Friday, June 24, 2022
‘Accidents will happen’ if EU does not form ‘single energy block,’ says De Croo

The gas supply problems in countries such as Germany and the Netherlands, which have seen both countries return to coal-fired power plants, ...

Friday, June 24, 2022
No early warning for Belgian gas supply, ‘but situation is serious’

As Germany declared the second phase of its national emergency plan for natural gas, Belgium does not have to declare an "early warning" ...

Friday, June 24, 2022
Explosive number of vacancies: Is importing foreign labour really the answer?

Despite an unprecedented number of vacancies, about 80,000 Brussels residents are unemployed. In all of Belgium, more than 300,000 people ...

Friday, June 24, 2022
One in seven Belgian children living in poverty, Brussels most affected

One in seven children in Belgium (14.5%) lives in a household at risk of poverty, with the most vulnerable in Brussels, according to ...

Friday, June 24, 2022
New Omicron sub-variant now dominant in Belgium: What does this mean?

The latest Omicron sub-variant of the coronavirus, BA.5, is now dominant in Belgium and its share continues to grow rapidly with rising ...

Thursday, June 23, 2022
Majority of Belgian soldiers deployed for NATO mission in Romania return home

A large part of the Belgian troops that were deployed in Romania as part of a NATO force will be returning home, announced the Belgian ...

Thursday, June 23, 2022
‘Hope for the best, prepare for the worst’: Belgium tightens gas shutdown plan

Federal Energy Minister Tinne Van der Straeten is working on refining Belgium's phase-out plan for gas, alongside the country's large ...

Thursday, June 23, 2022
Belgium implements new rules for parcel mailboxes from today

An increasing number of people have been installing a parcel box – a slightly larger mailbox that also fits packages – in recent years, but ...

Thursday, June 23, 2022
Car remains favourite transport mode in Belgium despite rising popularity of trains

Although the car remains the most popular means of getting around in Belgium, the train and night train are increasingly popular among the ...

Thursday, June 23, 2022

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