Content by tag : Belgium
Belgium is too dependent on foreign companies for its energy, costing the country around €1.8 billion per year, reports De Morgen based on research by Jonathan Holslag (pictured)
Oscar Coulembier, the oldest man in Belgium, has died aged 108, reports Anthony Croes-Lacroix of the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Belgium’s foreign affairs department has announced it will shut down 18 embassies and consulates around the world in a round of heavy budget cuts, Belgian media report.
Netlog, the Ghent-based social network that was at one point more popular with young people in Belgium than Facebook, is no longer operating.
In Belgium’s federal elections on May 25, half of the Brussels population voted blank or invalid, was not eligible to vote, or simply chose not to, according to research by geographer Filip De Mae
Only one in 20 Belgians are willing to work until the new proposed retirement age of 67.
Flemish nationalist party N-VA will receive €12.3 million annually up until the next election, making it the party in Belgium with the highest public funding.
The incidence of cot death, or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), in Belgium is five times less than 20 years ago, according to data on the leading causes of death published by the Agency for Ca
Of all Europeans, Belgians spend the most amount of time travelling to and from work, according to a European study commissioned by Samsung Electronics, Metro reports.
