There are currently around 6,000 vacancies across the North Sea Port.
Half a century on from a failed Manhattan vision, the Northern District of Brussels is struggling to shake off its reputation as a concrete jungle.
"The manual industry is having a tough time is because it's a labour-intensive sector and labour in Belgium is expensive. It's very difficult to prevent collective job losses."
Since 1805, the business has survived Napoleon’s march across Europe, Belgium's revolution, two World Wars and the arrival of the internal combustion engine.
Chronic loneliness "often has serious consequences for mental health, such as depression, and even physical health".
The environmental protection services sector was worth €17.1 billion in 2022.
Bankruptcies in the first 11 months of 2024 have reached the highest level in 20 years. "In terms of job losses we are at the level of the financial crisis and the euro crisis."
Brussels police says they will try to minimise disruptions from security measures.
Authorities have found ecstasy in tins of dog food and soup cans, methamphetamine in a steel beam, and cocaine in a pot of petroleum jelly.
Belgium's economy will likely grow by about 0.3% per quarter out to 2027. But with so much uncertainty in the current political climate, how will jobs and households fare?
The iconic carriages will be decommissioned next week after more than half a century of operation.
The European Council has decided unanimously to lift internal land border controls with Romania and Bulgaria from next year.
The increase is due to an influx of new graduates onto the labour market who are actively looking for work.
The number of vacant jobs has decreased in all three Belgian regions.
Cash points are available in barely 58% of municipalities across Belgium. Batopin has assessed 11,000 properties but barely any suitable premises were identified.
With five women and two men, the municipality has the "most female" college in Brussels. It also appointed its first ever female mayor in Olivia P'tito (PS).
The zine showcases "good, characterful Brussels cafés" and promotes print journalism – "both of which always seem to be on the verge of disappearing".
The average amount stolen by phishing fraudsters is €860.
As world leaders gather in Paris this weekend to mark the reopening of the Notre Dame, Belgian contributions are at the heart of the five-year restoration project.
The perceived threshold for happiness is higher than the financial reality for most Belgians.
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