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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 TV Rage . Scorsese is looking to continue with his portrayal of violent historical figures on television, while Belafonte’s interest stems...

Greek metals group moves to Belgium

Viohalco, Greece's biggest metals processing group, has announced it is moving its headquarters and stock market listing to Belgium, the third big firm in a year to flee the austerity-hit country for a more stable, lower-tax jurisdiction, reports Reuters’ Harry Papachristou . Viohalco, with sales...

Serving temperature affects taste of food, says Belgian academic

A Belgian believes the temperature at which we serve our food affects the way it tastes, writes the Guardian’s Amy Fleming . According to Karel Talavera Pérez, professor of molecular and cellular medicine at the University of Leuven, studies recording the electrical activity of taste nerves...

Belgian furniture firm eyeing North Carolina manufacturing operations

Belgian furniture company BuzziSpace is considering a site in the south end of High Point, in North Carolina’s Triad region, for its manufacturing operations, reports W FDD's Keri Brown . “BuzziSpace is considering opening up a 113-job furniture manufacturing facility,” the High Point Economic...

Wage watchers: how much does a software developer earn?

Software developer Sven Gladines, 32, from Heverlee talks about what he earns and how he spends it What do you do for a living? I work at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven) where I develop software for Toledo , our very own own digital learning platform. My task is to develop new things in...

Living the Park life: the Merode/Cinquantenaire neighbourhood

Cinquantenaire Park is a 30-hectare green oasis amid the traffic of Avenue de Tervuren. Its name refers to the celebration of Belgium’s 50th birthday in 1880, the same occasion for which the buildings in the park were built. King Leopold II used them for exhibitions and nowadays the park still has...

Pharmacists to offer chronic patients detailed advice

Pharmacists in Belgium will from October 1 be paid to provide comprehensive advice to certain chronic patients about the taking of their prescription drugs, Le Soir and De Standaard report today. Unlike the usual advice accompanying the delivery of a drug, the new service will last about fifteen...

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 GigaOM's David Meyer . The telecoms operator has not officially suggested who this ‘person unknown’ might be, but De Standaard has quoted sources as saying it...

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 Dutch News . “We want to get rid of them,” a spokesman told Dutch television. “It’s a one-way ticket to Italy.” The (supposedly) high-speed trains have been idle in...

Belgium ‘needs structural reforms’

Belgian Central Bank governor and European Central Bank governing council member Luc Coene said Belgium must make structural reforms in order to avoid falling behind its eurozone peers, writes the Wall Street Journal’s Frances Robinson . "All countries are going full speed ahead with structural...

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