Europe Belgium 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
Europe Belgium Floralia Brussels, the flower festival at its 23rd edition, has opened in Château de Grand-Bigard to showcase a garden with more than one million tulips of 400 varieties and an array of spring flowers
Europe Belgium The Brussels citizens’ collective '40 Comités' in an open letter called on the Capital Region's new Minister-President to tackle insecurity and cleanliness, and to further step up the fight against poverty and homelessness
Europe Belgium A medical crisis team will be set up in Flanders to help people during large-scale health and welfare emergencies; initially the new team will comprise around 100 medical volunteers, enabling the service to respond to a crisis situation in 48 hours
Europe Belgium The number of vacancies requiring a university degree has fallen to an all-time low, -35% y-o-y with market losing 23% of job offers; administrative and IT are the less required jobs as experts say artificial intelligence is not the only cause