The state of Brussels’ prisons - notably overcrowding, poor staff working conditions and inadequate access to support for the inmates - are not conducive to rehabilitation, according to a new report by the Brussels Federation of Institutions for Inmates and Former Prisoners (Fidex).

To give a boost to the automation of repetitive post-processing tasks in SMEs, POM Limburg, together with its partners in the Interreg project COBOTASSIST, is launching a new voucher offering. This will allow manufacturing companies to test in their own production environment whether the use of collaborative robots, or cobots,...

Embuild Vlaanderen, the industry association representing the Flemish construction sector, launched the Bio-Circular Construction Charter in collaboration with research and innovation centre Buildwise. The charter was signed in the presence of Flemish Minister Jo Brouns. The first building blocks of this initiative were laid during the Biobased Construction Inspiration Day...

Read the UAntwerp researcher’s winning entry in annual science communication writing competition

Labour costs in Belgium are much higher than the average level in Europe - the third highest of all EU countries - according to newly released figures from European Union statistical office Eurostat.

Car-sharing company Poppy has adjusted the zones where its car-sharing vehicles are allowed to be parked, removing them from industrial and residential areas where it said there was little demand.

Did you know that in Brussels, as in the rest of Belgium, workers are entitled to paid educational leave? Thanks to this invaluable right, all employees can undergo training, further their studies, and develop new skills throughout their careers while continuing to receive their salaries. In this month’s newsletter, the Expat...

HANNOVER – The Einstein Telescope – an ambitious cross-border project focused on gravitational waves – is receiving international attention this week at the Hannover Messe. POM Limburg, the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO), and Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) are representing Flanders at this leading technology forum, together with partners...

The Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences at UHasselt proudly presents its MOVElab—a high-tech research lab housed in a 300-degree dome, featuring a central motion platform. “Inside the dome, we can immerse test subjects—ranging from patients to elite athletes—in a virtual environment, after which we simulate disturbances like falls or balance issues...

Belgium’s new minister for asylum and migration, Anneleen Van Bossuyt (N-VA), has launched a new social media campaign discouraging people from seeking asylum in Belgium because its reception centres are overwhelmed.

A national strike on Monday 31 March is expected to affect schools, public transport and flights, with none of the almost 250 scheduled departing passenger flights able to take off from Brussels Airport.

Almost 800 people may lose their jobs at Alstom’s Bruges site, following national rail operator SNCB’s decision to work instead with Spanish train manufacturer CAF, the ACV-CSC Metea trade union has warned.

People working in Belgium are more and more likely to be made redundant, according to a new study by human resources and social security company Securex.

BILZEN – ABN Cleanroom Technology and Poels Labs have built a mobile laboratory that enables local and international companies to clean and test components for the Einstein Telescope. This innovative project, supported by the ET Innovation Fund of POM Limburg and the provincial government, opens international doors and gives a...

Following the five-year anniversary of Belgium’s coronavirus shutdown on 13 March, some are calling for a commemoration, others a memorial and others a formal evaluation of the long-term impact of the pandemic.