Belgian Nigel Leirens has won first prize in an international street art competition for his work entitled "The Girl with the Windmills", which adorns a building in Lokeren, East Flanders.
Natacha, Tintin, the Marsupilami, Spike and Suzy, Billy & Buddy, Cari Fleur, Blake and Mortimer, the Kiekeboes, Lucky Luke, the Smurfs, Spirou & Fantasio, Jeremy, Largo Winch, and Neron.
Zara Rutherford, a 19 year old Belgian-British woman, has just broken the record for the youngest woman to have flown solo around the world in an ultralight aircraft.
Vésale Bioscience, a Belgian company specialising in the treatment of infectious diseases of bacterial origin, has been awarded the prize for the most innovative life sciences start-up in Europe.
Coffea Rizetiana. This is the name of the new recently discovered coffee species, one of the 111 known species. Arabica and Robusta coffees are the most popular in the world.