The directors of stock market-listed companies still feel that the government shouldn’t have imposed quotas on the number of women in their board of directors, according to research released by Hasselt University (UHasselt). But the majority of them also admitted that the quotas have led to many...

Increasingly more toddlers and young children have to have multiple cavities filled, which usually must be done using a local anaesthetic, according to professor Luc Martens, head of the child dentistry department at the Ghent University Hospital (UZ Ghent). Professor Martens told Radio 1 that the...

The gold reserves belonging to the Belgian state will not be repatriated, as reports suggested earlier this week, the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) announced. Many European countries store their national gold reserves in foreign banks, but recently more and more countries are choosing to...

Based on declining bank robbery statistics, it appears that the crime is on its way to extinction in Belgium. Four banks were robbed in the country in 2014, an all-time low. In 2014, there were only four bank hold-ups in Belgium, confirms the Belgian Financial Sector Federation (Febelfin). In the...

Six architects from a field of 35 applicants have been selected for the next round of a competition to design the new Belgian Beer Temple. The museum dedicated to local beer is to be installed in the Bourse building ( pictured ) in downtown Brussels. The six were selected on the basis of their...

Tesla Motors, the American manufacturer of high-end electric cars, intends to expand further into Belgium. It has therefore designated a country manager, An De Pauw, who has an ambitious plan ready for the Belgian sales and service centres. "Our network has to include all of Belgium," she told De...

The fertility centre of UZ Brussels hospital is strongly urging women to consider becoming an egg donor. About 170 couples in Brussels are waiting on an egg donor, and the waiting list continues to grow, reports Flemish public broadcasting network VRT. There is a serious shortage of egg donors,...

Belgium’s federal parliament has removed foie gras from its restaurant menu at the request of Flemish nationalist party N-VA. Chamber secretary Yoleen Van Camp and fraction leader Hendrik Vuye introduced the proposal following the example of the Flemish parliament, which scrapped the controversial...

As the federal government works to boost employment figures, member of parliament Zuhal Demir ( pictured ) has defended N-VA’s proposal to cut people off unemployment benefits after a certain period. “We have to introduce more reforms to ensure that more people seek work,” she said. “Once they see...

Do you feel like you’re on the road to being the one of every 10 workers in Belgium who suffers from burnout ? Burnout is more than just feeling stressed or overworked. It is a serious condition where stress and fatigue become so extreme that you find yourself complete exhausted with no motivation...