Europe Belgium The employment rate in the country has risen to 72,3% according to the latest estimates
Europe Belgium The country announced it would expand reception capacity to cope with what it called a migrant 'crisis'
Europe Belgium The country has launched an emergency plan to combat drug trafficking, with the appointment of a national drugs commissioner and the doubling of the number of port police in Antwerp
Europe Belgium Eleven Belgian universities have appealed to the authorities to make the movement of foreign researchers and students in Belgium easier
Europe Belgium The Tihange 2 nuclear reactor - the second largest of the three reactors in Tihange - has been shut down for good after 40 years of operation, making it the second nuclear reactor to be shut down in the country
Europe Belgium The European Parliament strongly condemned the conviction of Olivier Vandecasteele, the Belgian imprisoned in Iran since February 2022, and voted a motion for a resolution on the EU response to protests and executions
Europe Belgium Dutch and Belgian customs will continue their cooperation against drug smuggling in the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp in 2023
Europe Belgium The net monthly salary of public and private sector workers will increase by €600 net per year from January, due to the adjustment of the tax scale and the calculation of withholding tax
Europe Belgium Four Belgian banks, an airline and a chemical company are involved in Israeli settlements on Palestinian territory, according to Don't Buy Into Occupation; EU considers Israeli settlements illegal under international law
Europe Belgium PAN Europe and Nature&Progrès Belgium took legal action against the systematic authorisation of two cypermethrin-based insecticides, jointly asking the Belgian Council of State to immediately suspend the authorisation
Europe Belgium 81% of Belgians say they have lowered their heating compared to last winter, with little difference between the different regions of Belgium; 31% have set their heating to 19℃, a value recommended by the Belgian authorities, 18% even to 18°
Europe Belgium Fifa has ordered the country to remove the word 'love' from the collar of its World Cup shirt
Europe Belgium Following the opening of the first lab in Belgium in October 2021, Orange Belgium, in collaboration with Grand Poste, officially opened a 5G Lab in the city of Liège