One-third of the world’s food crops, we’re told, rely on pollination by insects, and honeybees are the unchallenged champions in that line of work. Although their extinction would probably not precipitate the collapse of the entire food chain, as Einstein is said to have said it would, (self-...

Denise Bauer has been nominated by the president Barack Obama to be the next Ambassador of the United States to Belgium, writes New Europe’s Alia Papageorgiou . The notice released by the President's residence, The White House press office on June 21 listed 15 new appointees, mostly to the...

The Belgian coast’s tourism industry is getting increasingly concerned, just days before the start of the summer season, that the number of bookings for flats, studios and houses in July is down by as much as 15% on last year. For hotels, the situation is even worse: bookings have dropped by 25%,...

Jewish organizations have slammed an article in Belgian daily newspaper Le Soir on last week’s private visit of Prince Laurent of Belgium to Israel which, they say, ''is akin to a new demonisation of the State of Israel”, reports EJP’s Yossi Lempkowicz . Prince Laurent visited Tuesday and Wednesday...

Flemish universities attract the most corporate sponsorship money in the world, De Morgen reports today. A report by the Flemish Interuniversity centre for expertise (ECOOM) has found that private businesses fund 16.1% of all academic research. Flemish university receive more funding from the...

The Belgian federal government on June 21 committed €25m of non-refundable overseas development aid to help Vietnam’s response to climate change, the Vietnamese News Agency reports. The funding will go to four agreements under a programme on water management and urban development which were signed...

Professor Koen Lamberts is a cognitive psychologist with an extensive track record in experimental and theoretical research on human perception and memory. He is currently deputy vice-chancellor and provost of Warwick University. In January 2014, he will take up the post of new vice-chancellor at...

Brussels’ Bourse building, Belgium’s former stock exchange, is to become a place of pilgrimage for beer lovers, it was announced yesterday. The ‘Temple to Belgian Beer’ project finds a use for the grand 19th century building near the Grand’ Place, which is fronted by Corinthian columns and...

The Belgian plant scientist Marc Van Montagu has been awarded the 2013 World Food Prize, jointly with the American scientists Mary-Dell Chilton and Robert T. Fraley, reports the Flemish Institute for Biotechnology (VIT) . This was announced in Washington DC on Wednesday by the US Secretary of State...