The universities of Ghent and Leuven still belong to the 100 best universities in the world. This has been confirmed by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).
Bruges is the ninth friendliest city in the world, writes the American travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler, which compares the West Flemish provincial town to a fairy tale city.
Brussels Airport spent the first month of the summer holidays testing a new security procedure. The idea is to relieve the stress for families travelling with young children.
Belgium has reached seventh place in the ‘European Innovation Scoreboard 2016’. This means that the country is among the strongest innovators in the European Union.
On 1 July, Hans Vanmarcke, Head of Research at SCK-CEN, the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre based in Mol and Professor of Medicine at KU Leuven, was selected as Chairman of UNSCEAR, the United Nations