Belgium

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

A budget of €2 million has been approved to scale up a project involving offshore floating solar panels at sea; if successful, Belgium would be the first country in the world to do this

Federal government has extended a reduction of excise duty on diesel and gasoline to the end of the year to provide relief to consumers in the face of soaring energy prices - the measure was first intended until September

The three largest trade unions organised a nationwide strike in Brussels on Monday to protest against wage legislation and demand more purchasing power for workers, kicking off a series of nationwide strikes this week