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Half of Belgians go on holiday without additional health insurance

Of the Belgians who travel abroad for their holidays, half do so without any form of health-care travel assistance, according to a study by Belgian insurance company Touring . Nearly three-quarters of Belgians go abroad at least once a year on holiday, and more than half of them opt for no health-...

Nato advises Belgium to bid farewell to frigates

Belgium should do away with its two frigates, or very large warships, because they are expensive and unnecessary, according to Heinrich Brauss, deputy secretary general of defence at Nato. On Tuesday, Brauss made the recommendation to Belgian defence minister Steven Vandeput to rely less on...

Urban lit: Discover the heartbeat of Brussels

At the end of the month, international literature house Passa Porta hosts the fifth edition of its eponymous biennial festival. The philosophy behind the event is to offer top quality writing in numerous languages, opening up the world of literature to Brussels’ multicultural, international...

Population of Belgium to reach 13.1 million by 2060

Belgium’s population (11.2 million in 2013) could reach 11.4 million by 2020 and 13.1 million by 2060, according to the latest calculations from the Federal Planning Bureau (FPB) and General Statistics Department. In the short term, Belgium’s population growth is slightly lower than expected, while...

Alexander De Croo chosen as Young Global Leader

Alexander De Croo, the federal minister of development co-operation and communications, has been chosen by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as a Young Global Leader for 2015. The Forum of Young Global Leaders was created in 2004 by the Swiss-based WEF to establish an exclusive network of people under...

Ban ads for drugs, say KU Leuven report

A ban on advertisements for pharmaceuticals is one of the main measures proposed by a group of researchers from the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), united in the Metaforum association to improve communication of health-care topics in Belgium. Their report, “Health and Health Care: Everyone an...

Ryanair gives green light to transatlantic flights

Ryanair is one step closer to adding several American cities to its list of destinations. CEO of the low-cost carrier, Michael O’Leary, has a plan ready for the company to offer service between several European and American cities, starting from as low as €14, write the Financial Times and De Tijd...

Brussels Airlines unveils new Tintin plane

Brussels Airlines on Monday morning introduced the press to one of its new planes, freshly painted with a scene out of Red Rackham’s Treasure, the 12th volume of the Adventures of Tintin comic strip series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The ceremony took place in the presence of mobility minister...

Belgian education ministers attend EU gathering on radicalisation in schools

Belgium’s three education ministers are in Paris today at a gathering of EU education ministers to discuss the manifesto published by the EU’s Radicalisation Awareness Network. The manifesto contains 24 proposals to combat radicalisation in European schools. Nearly 100 teachers and education...

Russia carries out observation flights over Belgium

Watchers of the skies be warned: If you should think you see a Russian air force Antonov An-30 flying overhead in the next few days, your eyes do not deceive you. The aircraft and crew will be carrying out observation flights in Belgian and Dutch airspace under the Treaty on Open Skies. The treaty...

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