Belgium top in Europe for battery recycling

14 November 2018

Belgium is the European country which recycles the highest percentage of batteries. According to a Eurostat report, 71% of batteries in Belgium were collected and treated in 2016, which is much higher than the European average (44%).

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Will we be able to store data in powder form thanks to UGent researchers?

14 November 2018

Researchers from Ghent University (UGent) have succeeded in saving data in a brand new form: powder. In developing this idea, they were inspired by models present in nature, where genetic information is stored in DNA.

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Nina Derwael World Champion on the uneven bars

13 November 2018

At the Artistic Gymnastics Championship in Qatar, our 18-year-old compatriot has won a gold medal, the first Belgian ever to do so.

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Salvatore Adamo will finally become Belgian!

12 November 2018

On the eve of his 75th birthday, the artist Salvatore Adamo announced the news in the Belgian press: he has just submitted his application for Belgian nationality. Italy, which up until now has not authorised dual nationality for its nationals, has relaxed its rules in this respect.

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The enigmatic Klimt in Brussels

21 September 2018 - 20 January 2019

The famous symbolist painter Gustave Klimt died in 1918, taking with him a certain idea of Art Nouveau and the Belle Époque.

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