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°

Fifa has ordered the country to remove the word 'love' from the collar of its World Cup shirt

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

Last month, the first and only pilot line of bio-aromatics from lignin in Europe was officially opened; the replacement of fossil-based products with biobased alternatives represents a major economic challenge for the European chemical industry

The first master's degree programme on cybersecurity, from the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven), has been launched, with the programme focusing on the vulnerabilities of online systems and the risks of digitisation

After 2 months of work, with the help of mountaineers, the Walloon railway station of Liège-Guillemins has been transformed into an installation of light and colour by French conceptual artist Daniel Buren; the work will be officially inaugurated today

Reduced 6% VAT for gas and electricity has been made ‘permanent’, while the country proposes a €4.7 billion 'crisis contribution' from energy companies

European Sustainable Energy Week 2022 opens today in Brussels under the title ‘Going green and digital for Europe’s energy transition’; works can be followed online upon registration

GRECO published its report on prevention of corruption among parliamentarians, judges and prosecutors in Belgium: it shows no improvement in the prevention of parliamentary corruption since the previous report published in March 2021

The first large-scale storm to take place in Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain or Portugal will be named Armand after Armand Pien, a famous Belgian weather reporter and the first Dutch-speaking meteorologist at the RMI, who passes away in 2003

Ecopower, a citizen-owned energy cooperative based in Belgium, says it has experienced such an increase in demand that it has had to stop accepting new members

One more month to visit the exhibition of over 50 dinosaurs sculpted in thousands of tonnes of sand by artists from 30 countries; the event includes guided tours by a palaeontologist, 'excavation zone' and dinosaur workshops for visitors

The Barry Callebaut factory in Wieze, closed after salmonella bacteria were found on the production line, reopened after six months after supplies of Hershey, Nestle, Mondelez and Unilever chocolates were stopped