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Belgium has received a request to send ground troops to Iraq as well as instructors to train Iraqi soldiers, said Defence Minister Steven Vandeput.
Eighteen-year-old Loïc Nottet will represent Belgium at the 60th Eurovision Song Contest next May in Vienna, public broadcaster RTBF reports.
Rail services have returned to normal this morning in Linkebeek, just outside Brussels, after an accident yesterday in which 16 people suffered light injuries.
The federal government has launched a new website aimed at getting residents to cut down on electricity consumption this winter.
Belgium needs to do away with at least one of its four major banks, according to Luc Coene, Governor of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB).
Belgian beers won 32 medals at the Brussels Beer Challenge, held over the weekend in Leuven, home to the world’s biggest brewer, AB InBev.
Last year, 67,596 registration certificates, or pink cards, were reported stolen from cars in Belgium, reports Het Nieuwsblad based on figures from the Federal Police.
Manon Van Hoorebeke, a student in the Bornem district of Antwerp, has been selected as European Digital Girl of the Year in Rome for her efforts in encouraging girls’ interest in technology.
The most dangerous motorways in Belgium are the Antwerp ring road and the expressway from Antwerp to the coast (A11), according to a study by the Belgian Institute for Road Safety and the federal
