innovation

EU proposes scale-up fund to retain promising tech startups

The European Commission has unveiled plans to launch a large-scale investment fund aimed at preventing promising tech startups from relocating outside the EU. The Scaleup Europe Fund, expected to launch in 2026,

2 days ago

Foundation invests 280m euros in climate action and workplace mental health

The Helios Foundation, the successor to the Vinçotte Foundation, will invest the 280 million euros it gained from selling the inspection group Vinçotte into tackling two urgent issues: reducing CO2 emissions and

3 days ago

Earth & Climate

Potato waste now fuels Belgian gas network

Belgian renewable energy company Green Logix has begun injecting biomethane directly into the country’s gas grid. At its facility in Lommel, Flanders, the gas is sent directly into the high-pressure network of

5 days ago

Innovations

Bozar’s 2025–2026 music season embraces complexity through sound and vision

Bozar’s 2025–2026 music season falls under the banner “Embrace Complexity,” inviting audiences into a diverse and ambitious programme that blends classical masterpieces with cutting-edge contemporary creation. From major orchestral works to intimate

1 week ago

Arts & Entertainment

Port of Antwerp-Bruges launches Europe’s first electric tugboat

The Port of Antwerp-Bruges has on Monday launched the Volta 1, Europe’s first fully electric tugboat. The Volta 1 had arrived in the Antwerp port area from Vietnam late last year, but

2 weeks ago

Earth & Climate

EU announces €500 million package to attract researchers

The European Union plans to offer a new 500 million euro package for 2025-2027 to make Europe a “magnet for researchers”, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced on Monday. Stressing

4 weeks ago

World

New AI hub ‘The Brain’ to open in Ghent in 2027

The construction of “The Brain – AI Tech Hub Ghent” has started on Monday. The AI hub, set up at Ghent University’s Ardoyen campus in Zwijnaarde, should help to make Flanders a

4 weeks ago

Innovations

Belgian Solar Team eyes another world title with new solar car

The Innoptus Solar Team, the team of KU Leuven engineering students who compete in solar car races, has on Monday unveiled their latest solar car in Antwerp in the presence of federal

4 weeks ago

Innovations

New parking app avoids unjustified fines for persons with disabilities

The new app handyPark provides persons with disabilities with a digital parking right and avoids unjustified parking fines. People can currently use handyPark in Antwerp, Brussels, Ostend, Ghent, Genk, Leuven and Liège.

4 weeks ago

Politics

Expo 2025 Osaka: Belgian pavilion showcases leadership in medical innovation

The World Expo opens this Sunday in Osaka, Japan, where Belgium will be showcasing its cutting-edge expertise in medical innovation rather than its traditional culinary staples. The Belgian pavilion, themed “Human Regeneration”,

2 months ago

Innovations

Brussels and international trade: a verified growth driver

In a changing economic context, international trade plays a key role in the prosperity of the Brussels Region. At a time when certain countries, such as the United States, are stepping up

2 months ago

Society

Red Cross Flanders develops growth serum from human platelets

Researchers at Red Cross Flanders has developed an innovative method to produce growth serum from human blood platelets. The technique ensures that expired platelets are not lost and animal suffering is avoided.

2 months ago

Earth & Climate

innovation

EU proposes scale-up fund to retain promising tech startups

Foundation invests 280m euros in climate action and workplace mental health

Potato waste now fuels Belgian gas network

Bozar’s 2025–2026 music season embraces complexity through sound and vision

Port of Antwerp-Bruges launches Europe’s first electric tugboat

EU announces €500 million package to attract researchers

New AI hub ‘The Brain’ to open in Ghent in 2027

Belgian Solar Team eyes another world title with new solar car

New parking app avoids unjustified fines for persons with disabilities

Expo 2025 Osaka: Belgian pavilion showcases leadership in medical innovation

Brussels and international trade: a verified growth driver

Red Cross Flanders develops growth serum from human platelets

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