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A Brussels-based non-profit association by the name of DoucheFlux has launched its first housing project with support of the region's Common Community Commission and a social housing authority.
More than a million Belgians are living in a state of material and social deprivation, according to a new survey on income and living conditions for carried out by Statbel, the Belgian statistics
The digital divide is widening in Belgium despite an overall increase in the use of online services, according to new research instigated by the King Baudouin Foundation (KBF).
The first of the new month marks the beginning of a series of changes in Belgium, including an indexation of doctors’ fees, reforms to sex crime laws and compulsory courses for foreigners in Bruss
Flanders will be implementing mandatory community service for the long-term unemployed beginning in 2023, in what the government says is an effort to help jobseekers “retain social skills”.
The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) has launched an international study into the effects of the coronavirus crisis on people’s daily lives.
A local well-being centre has drawn attention to the growing problem of what they call “couchsurfers”, youths who stay with friends or relatives because they don’t have a home.
City councils in Flanders divide policy portfolios, such as education, tourism and the environment among elected councillors. Some are also given topics such as diversity or inclusion.
More paternity leave and cheaper child care are two ways to achieve a more equal society, according to a new book by Alexander De Croo (Open VLD), a deputy prime minister of Belgium.
