Economics Brussels House prices in Brussels reach new high It has never been more expensive to buy a house in Brussels. Last year the average price of a house in the capital was 452,721 euro. Wed 20 Feb 12:07 Economy Belgian pear growers have high hopes of a deal with Mexico Belgian pear growers continue to look for new markets to make up the export shortfall caused by the ban on imports of EU produce into Russia. Tue 19 Feb 16:15 Flemish Brabant "From now on we'll be driving on beer, at least a little!" Brewers AB InBev now intend to use alcohol from alcohol-free beer to propel cars. Mon 18 Feb 12:46 Economy Pilots strike a deal with Ryanair After over a year's bickering Ryanair management and pilots have reached agreement over wages and conditions on Belgian flights. The agreement is good news ... Sun 17 Feb 14:59 Economy Belgian brewers too late to the party? Beer sommelier Sofie Vanrafelghem says too many alcohol-frees lack spark and taste too watery. Sun 17 Feb 10:15 Economy Belgium sells Port of Antwerp in London 16/2/19 - The Port of Antwerp has been courting UK businesses ahead of Brexit. Sat 16 Feb 14:56 Economy National Bank warns banks against being too flexible when handing out mortgages According to the National Bank of Belgium (NBB), banks in Belgium continue to award mortgages too easily. NBB makes it assertion in its annual report. Fri 15 Feb 14:05 Economy EU forced to backtrack: "It wasn't illegal aid" 14/2/19 - Belgium won’t be clawing back 700 million euros awarded in tax breaks to big business including AB InBev, BASF and Kinepolis. The European Union h... Thu 14 Feb 15:03 Economy Paris climate accord to stimulate Belgian job market more than any other European country Belgium will have 0.9 percent extra jobs by 2030 if the Paris climate deal is carried out according to plan. The GDP would grow 2.2 percent, putting Belgium ... Wed 13 Feb 17:13 Economy National strike has a major impact, minister talks about "929 million euro setback" While half of the trains are going, other public transport services are heavily disrupted, and the strike is also affecting private businesses. Update Wed 13 Feb 16:06 Economy Protesters voice their demands: purchasing power and more respect Blue and white collar workers downed tools across the country in various sectors. Their main demands: more purchasing power and more respect from employers. Wed 13 Feb 15:47 ISOPIX Economy General strike on Wednesday: what disruption can you expect? Belgium's trades unions have called a general strike on Wednesday. The unions are protesting in favour of more scope for pay rises. Tue 12 Feb 14:06 Economy Minister miffed at failure to reach agreement on 5G network The launch of a 5G network mobile internet now threatens to be delayed. Wed 06 Feb 16:26 Economy AB InBev buys RateBeer.com The site made the Westvleteren monks’ Trappist beer a household name the world over . Wed 06 Feb 12:01 West Flanders A new ferry route from Ostend to the UK in the near future? The new ferry link was to have started up in March of last year. Sat 02 Feb 11:50 Economy Belgium ends 2018 with a budget deficit of 0.8% Belgium ended 2018 with a budget deficit of 3.6 billion euro. Fri 01 Feb 17:09 Economy More empty shops in our town centres and malls 2018 saw the 11th consecutive rise. Fri 01 Feb 12:06 Economy Dockers, airline staff and public transport workers to join national strike The Christian transport union ACV Transcom has called on its members to join the national strike planned for 13 February. Fri 01 Feb 11:10 Economy Belgium supplies UK with a nuclear plant's worth of energy! The supplies are being delivered via a cable along the bottom of the North Sea! Thu 31 Jan 11:31 Economy Proximus to move jobs to low wage countries? 29/1/19 - Unions at telecom giant Proximus met with employment minister Peeters this morning. The unions fear a further 1500 jobs are threatened because Pro... Tue 29 Jan 15:12
Brussels House prices in Brussels reach new high It has never been more expensive to buy a house in Brussels. Last year the average price of a house in the capital was 452,721 euro. Wed 20 Feb 12:07
Economy Belgian pear growers have high hopes of a deal with Mexico Belgian pear growers continue to look for new markets to make up the export shortfall caused by the ban on imports of EU produce into Russia. Tue 19 Feb 16:15
Flemish Brabant "From now on we'll be driving on beer, at least a little!" Brewers AB InBev now intend to use alcohol from alcohol-free beer to propel cars. Mon 18 Feb 12:46
Economy Pilots strike a deal with Ryanair After over a year's bickering Ryanair management and pilots have reached agreement over wages and conditions on Belgian flights. The agreement is good news ... Sun 17 Feb 14:59
Economy Belgian brewers too late to the party? Beer sommelier Sofie Vanrafelghem says too many alcohol-frees lack spark and taste too watery. Sun 17 Feb 10:15
Economy Belgium sells Port of Antwerp in London 16/2/19 - The Port of Antwerp has been courting UK businesses ahead of Brexit. Sat 16 Feb 14:56
Economy National Bank warns banks against being too flexible when handing out mortgages According to the National Bank of Belgium (NBB), banks in Belgium continue to award mortgages too easily. NBB makes it assertion in its annual report. Fri 15 Feb 14:05
Economy EU forced to backtrack: "It wasn't illegal aid" 14/2/19 - Belgium won’t be clawing back 700 million euros awarded in tax breaks to big business including AB InBev, BASF and Kinepolis. The European Union h... Thu 14 Feb 15:03
Economy Paris climate accord to stimulate Belgian job market more than any other European country Belgium will have 0.9 percent extra jobs by 2030 if the Paris climate deal is carried out according to plan. The GDP would grow 2.2 percent, putting Belgium ... Wed 13 Feb 17:13
Economy National strike has a major impact, minister talks about "929 million euro setback" While half of the trains are going, other public transport services are heavily disrupted, and the strike is also affecting private businesses. Update Wed 13 Feb 16:06
Economy Protesters voice their demands: purchasing power and more respect Blue and white collar workers downed tools across the country in various sectors. Their main demands: more purchasing power and more respect from employers. Wed 13 Feb 15:47
ISOPIX Economy General strike on Wednesday: what disruption can you expect? Belgium's trades unions have called a general strike on Wednesday. The unions are protesting in favour of more scope for pay rises. Tue 12 Feb 14:06
Economy Minister miffed at failure to reach agreement on 5G network The launch of a 5G network mobile internet now threatens to be delayed. Wed 06 Feb 16:26
Economy AB InBev buys RateBeer.com The site made the Westvleteren monks’ Trappist beer a household name the world over . Wed 06 Feb 12:01
West Flanders A new ferry route from Ostend to the UK in the near future? The new ferry link was to have started up in March of last year. Sat 02 Feb 11:50
Economy Belgium ends 2018 with a budget deficit of 0.8% Belgium ended 2018 with a budget deficit of 3.6 billion euro. Fri 01 Feb 17:09
Economy More empty shops in our town centres and malls 2018 saw the 11th consecutive rise. Fri 01 Feb 12:06
Economy Dockers, airline staff and public transport workers to join national strike The Christian transport union ACV Transcom has called on its members to join the national strike planned for 13 February. Fri 01 Feb 11:10
Economy Belgium supplies UK with a nuclear plant's worth of energy! The supplies are being delivered via a cable along the bottom of the North Sea! Thu 31 Jan 11:31
Economy Proximus to move jobs to low wage countries? 29/1/19 - Unions at telecom giant Proximus met with employment minister Peeters this morning. The unions fear a further 1500 jobs are threatened because Pro... Tue 29 Jan 15:12
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