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A poisonous caterpillar native to the south-eastern United States has been found on a house plant bought by a woman from Kortenaken, Flemish Brabant.
So, almost two months after hurtling over the handlebars of my bike, I’m about to dip my toe in the waters of this historical retreat.
The European Court of Justice sentenced Belgium to pay a fine of €10 million due to insufficient treatment of wastewater, after five communes in Wallonia were found to be not up to standard.
Belgian cancer diagnosis and therapy company IBA (Ion Beam Applications) said it had received claims for about €17m from SK Capital, the co-shareholder in its IBA Molecular unit, over the fu
As the senate’s joint justice and social affairs committees prepare to resume their debate on the possible extension of the 2002 law on euthanasia to children, an opinion poll conducted by D
Two MPs, Catherine Fonck and Mie-Jeanne Nyanga-Lu, have introduced a bill which prohibits "the sale of sweets and toys for children, with the intention of giving the product or its packaging
Despite numerous hygiene awareness campaigns, the number of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) has failed to go down, De Standaard and Het Nieuwsblad report.
One in two tattoo parlours in Belgium is in breach of hygiene regulations, it appears from reply by health minister Laurette Onkelinx to a written parliamentary question, La Dernière Heure r
Being ill or having to go to hospital ranges from mild worry to a life-shattering experience. The good news is that you’re in Belgium, a country with one of the world’s best healthcare systems.
