Belgium more generous than neighbours: business receives €25 billion in subsidies

Subsidies and investment support for Belgian companies amounted to approximately €25 billion last year. That works out at about 4 percent of Belgium's gross domestic product (GDP) or national output. Two-thirds of the subsidies are wage subsidies...

Belgium orders poultry lockdown as bird flu spreads rapidly across Europe

Europe is experiencing its worst bird flu outbreak in years, not long after the COVID-19 lockdown, and Belgium just went to the extreme. They’ve put all chickens, ducks, and turkeys indoors—no exceptions whatsoever. This is no standard routine...

Sri Lanka highlights trade, investment and tourism opportunities in Brussels

The Sri Lanka Embassy, ‘Diplomatic World’ and ‘Travel Tomorrow Magazine’ in Belgium and the Department of Commerce of Sri Lanka jointly organised a successful business forum; “Business & Tourism Opportunities in Sri Lanka” on 13 October 2025 at...

Are the New Development Bank and the BRICS Monetary Fund an alternative to the Bretton Woods institutions?

What about the BRICS BRICS The term BRICS (an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) was first used in 2001 by Jim O’Neill, then an economist at Goldman Sachs. The strong economic growth of these countries, combined with their...

‘Belgium argues that Russian funds are frozen and fears million-dollar lawsuits’

María Senovilla, journalist and contributor to Atalayar, explained on Onda Madrid's programme ‘De cara al mundo’ the consequences and implications of Belgium's blocking of the mobilisation of frozen Russian funds held by Belgian institutions to...

Turbocharging Europe’s lagging zero-emission vehicle market

Europe’s adoption of Zero-Emission Vehicles (ZEV) is moving more slowly than anticipated, with debates now emerging about whether more can be done by policymakers in Brussels to turbocharge the market. The market share of Battery Electric Vehicles...

EU pools companies' requests to buy more non Russian gas

In the coming weeks the European Union will begin pooling the demand for gas from European companies, said its energy commissioner, as it attempts to accelerate its efforts to phase-out Russian energy. The EU is currently negotiating proposals...

CMB.Tech wins bitter fees battle with investment bank over Gener8 Maritime merger

Investment bank RMK Maritime has lost a multimillion-dollar legal claim against Belgian shipowner CMB.Tech over fees for work on a 2018 merger of two of the largest crude oil tanker operators. RMK brought legal action, claiming it was owed nearly...

In Belgium, the highly lucrative trade in European eel elvers, prized by Asian markets

Letter from the Benelux An elver of Anguilla anguilla. JELGER HERDER/BUITEN-BEELD/BIOSPHOTO According to several experts, this trade now brings in even more than hard drugs: The trafficking of elvers – juvenile eels that weigh only a few tenths of...

EU Pay Transparency Directive: what will it mean for international construction businesses?

European Parliament building in Brussels (Image: Grecaud Paul via AdobeStock - stock.adobe.com) With less than a year to go until the European Union’s (EU) Pay Transparency Directive takes effect, what does it mean for international construction...

Europe's Financial Suicide

Another devastating package of sanctions for Russia is in the works, the nineteenth one, crafted by the bureaucrats in Brussels. Europe continues to cut off its last remaining ties with the Russian economy. It is doing so publicly and on...

Barco unveils redesigned experience centre at Belgian HQ

Barco has opened a redesigned experience centre at its global headquarters in Kortrijk, Belgium. The third iteration of the experience centre since the opening of the Barco Campus in 2016 was unveiled by chief executive An Steegen and mayor of...

Judge ramps up pressure on Bart De Wever over fragile rule of law in Belgium

His blunt intervention comes the day after another Antwerp judge published an anonymous letter decrying that Belgium was on the verge of becoming a "narco-state." De Wever, prime minister since February this year, spent more than a decade as mayor...

Neuhaus launches historical reference book on Belgian chocolate

Belgian chocolate producer Neuhaus has launched a new reference book tracing the rich history of Belgian chocolate. The volume, Neuhaus, the Inventor of the Belgian Praline, was presented on Tuesday at the company’s flagship store in the Queen’s...

Nearly one in five Belgians suffers from a mental health condition

Nearly one in five Belgians suffers from a mental health condition, according to the 2023–2024 Health Survey published by the Sciensano health institute on Tuesday. The problems appear to be most severe among young people. Stress, sleep problems,...

Brussels Wants To Finance Ukraine One Way or Another

At the Nordic Council summit in Stockholm, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson declared that the EU and Sweden are prepared to cover “all of Ukraine’s economic needs, military as well as...

Thales Named Frost & Sullivan’s 2025 Company of the Year

As governments and airports face rising passenger volumes, new regulatory requirements such as the European Entry Exit System (EES), and evolving security threats, Thales’s solutions help strike the right balance between strong security and...

EU doubles down on Ukraine reparation loan after Belgian pushback

EU leaders reiterated on Tuesday their support for a €140 billion loan plan for Ukraine based on immobilised Russian assets, just days after Belgium refused to back it and floated common EU debt as an alternative. Speaking to journalists in...

Belgian defense minister threatens to ‘wipe Moscow off the map' if Russia launches missile at Brussels

BRUSSELS Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken issued a stark warning Monday to Russia, saying any missile strike on Brussels would trigger a decisive NATO response. "If (Russian President Vladimir) Putin launches a missile at Brussels, we will...

Business News | Piyush Goyal Holds Talks with EU Commissioner Maros Sefcovic on India-EU FTA Negotiations

New Delhi [India], October 28 (ANI): Union Minister Piyush Goyal held a meeting with Maros Sefcovic, Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security of the European Union in Brussels, to discuss progress in the ongoing India-EU Free Trade Agreement...