A platform of coronavirus “super labs” has been launched today, with the aim of processing around 50,000 extra Covid-19 tests each day. In total, eight university labs will form the national test platform. The first three began operations today at the university hospitals of Ghent, Leuven and Mons...

A new book in English celebrates "the strangest country in the world" through 100 Belgian icons. Former Bulletin editor-in-chief Derek Blyth has selected 100 icons that make Belgium different from any other country - including food, people, places, traditions, inventions, buildings and even...

As early as next year, the manufacturer of Lotus biscuits will stop using the Speculoos brand in Belgium, according to Lotus boss Jan Boone. The company intends to make its biscuits a global brand, which is why it has opted for the American name Biscoff, with an international sound, Boone said in...

The Belgian Council of Ministers has decided to maintain another month of military deployment in the country’s major cities as part of Operation Vigilant Guardian (OVG) in support of the federal police, despite the new government's stated desire to end it. “Defence support is maintained at 550...

October 2020 was the second darkest October since records began in 1887, the Royal Meteorological Institute (RMI) reported on Sunday in its monthly climate report. In the Brussels municipality of Uccle, the duration of sunshine last month was only 56 hours and 32 minutes. Normally, it is around 112...

Much like during the first wave of coronavirus earlier this year, non-essential stores in Belgium have been ordered to close from Monday 2 November. Which raises the question: what counts as an essential shop? A ministerial decree confirms that the following types of stores are allowed to stay open...

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Hospitals and nursing homes are failing the relatives of coronavirus victims, according to a survey carried out by Ghent University Hospital. Barely one in five of the grieving relatives questioned felt they had been able to say goodbye properly, with many left in the dark about to their loved one’...

Belgium has ordered non-essential stores, hairdressers, beauty salons and zoos to close from Monday, with new limits on social contacts in a bid to halt the rapid spread of coronavirus. The latest measures, announced on Friday night, apply for six weeks, until 13 December. The closure of stores...

The Belgian Paranormal Investigators report that they are booked solid for the next two years, with calls pouring in since the coronavirus crisis started. “People are home more and at times when they weren’t at home much before,” explained Wim Coppens to VRT news. “They suddenly experience noises...