Leaders of 23 countries are signing an open letter on Tuesday to affirm their support for an international treaty on pandemics.
While Flanders has more electric vehicles and PHEVs, they represent only a small share of the market, figures by Flemish mobility minister Lydia Peeters show.
Coronavirus measures in England have slightly relaxed on Monday as people now no longer need a valid excuse to leave their homes. Read more on The Brussels Times.
Belgium’s schools will be closed and classes suspended ahead of the Easter break, following a decision from the Consultative Committee meeting of 24 March.
An online petition to lift the ban on non-essential travel to and from Belgium passed 12,250 signatures on Friday.
Eneco will not only have to capture CO2 but also plant 150,000 trees on 100 hectares of land when it builds the gas power plant in Manage, Hainaut.
The Commission adopted adjustments to the EU's "transparency and authorisation" mechanism for exports of vaccines and vaccine active substances from the EU.
Belgium’s first 76,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine will be delivered from mid-April, vaccination task force spokesperson Gudrun Briat said.
Antwerp mayor Bart De Wever has been under 24/7 police protection since last week, various local media report.
All of Belgium’s major coronavirus indicators continue to rise, according to the latest official figures published by Sciensano on Wednesday.
Belgium has so far received 1,878,165 doses of the various Covid-19 vaccines, the Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products (FAMHP) said on Tuesday.
INAMI and the FPS Public Health have made available €200,000 in aid for the psychological well-being of doctors, the two organisations announced on Tuesday.
Schools are “a mirror of the epidemic” rather than a driver for it, inter-federal spokesman Yves Van Laethem said on Tuesday.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is suing Facebook for “deceptive commercial practices,” the organisation announced on Tuesday. Read more on The Brussels Times.
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