On 19 February 2019, a group of around ten Belgian researchers set off for Antarctica. They will study the effects of global warming and plastic particles in the Southern Ocean.
Record sum for foreign investments in Flanders in 2018
Flanders appears to be attracting more foreign companies than ever. In 2018, they injected 4.24 billion euros into 234 investment projects, compared to 2.08 billion in 215 projects in 2017.
Belgium would not be what it is today without strong, intelligent and ambitious women. We do not emphasize enough the important impact women have on every domain of our society.
Ten years after it opened, the Magritte Museum is the most visited museum in the country, with 300,000 visitors a year, 80% of them from overseas. The world's largest collection of works by René Magritte - no fewer than 230! - can be found at Place Royale, in the heart of the capital.
A team from the KU Leuven have made a promising technological breakthrough. They have designed a solar panel that produces hydrogen and oxygen directly from the air and sun.
