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Belgian working week is the way forward, says UK think-tank

A shorter working week, based on the Belgian model, should become the norm, enabling people to get better value from their time, according to a new book published by independent think-tank the Ne

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Plans for ‘soda tax’ abandoned

There will be no ‘soda tax’ in Belgium after all, De Tijd reports.

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Martin Scorsese working on Leopold II TV series

Martin Scorsese will team up with Harry Belafonte to tackle a television mini-series about king Leopold II of the Belgians and his reign over Congo, reports

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Belgacom files complaint for hacking

Belgacom has filed a ‘complaint against persons unknown’ for hacking into its internal IT systems and apparently inserting a virus, writes

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Fyra manufacturer told to come pick up its faulty trains

Dutch railway firm NS has told the Italian maker of the troubled Fyra trains to pick up all 16 units and take them back home, reports

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Fare dodgers cost public transport companies €16m a year

Fare dodging costs public transport companies STIB, TEC and De Lijn a total of €16.5m in 2012, according to figures released today by L’Echo.

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New American nuclear warheads in Belgium

Belgium has signed a secret agreement with the United States on the modernisation of nuclear weapons stocked on Belgian soil, according to expert Hans Kristensen of the Federation of Nuclear