The Netherlands will ban keeping pets with extreme appearances. These include dogs with short snouts, such as the pug and French bulldog, or cats with folded ears. Although the Dutch government already introduced tighter restrictions in 2019, dogs and cats with extreme features are still being bred and traded illegally. Therefore, in a letter to
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Anyone thinking of Belgium’s National Lottery immediately makes a link with Lotto and other games of chance. But there is more behind this name, namely a museum with a remarkable art collection. To understand the contemporary activities of the National Lottery of Belgium and its museum, we must go back to 1934. That was the
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Manneken Pis is undeniably part of Brussels’ cultural heritage. Along with the Atomium and the Grand-Place, it forms one of the city’s best-known symbols. However, what also makes the statue of the urinating boy so unique is that it has its own wardrobe, which can be admired at the museum Garde Robe Manneken Pis. Manneken
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The Tabloo visitor centre in Dessel has a unique mission: to make people enthusiastic about radioactive waste. Through an exhibition and activities, the centre informs friends and foes alike to ensure that radioactive waste storage is done safely for the next three hundred years. A radioactive waste repository will soon be built near Tabloo. Keeping
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In the northeast of the Flemish province of Antwerp lies the municipality of Mol. Although this name may not ring a bell, here white sand of the purest quality was discovered in the 19th century. Since then, Sibelco has been mining this white gold and has even dedicated a museum to it. Sibelco is a
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The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels is a unique venue in several ways. Not only does the museum have Europe’s most significant dinosaur gallery. It also holds the oldest known mathematical object. In addition, the museum preserves more than 38 million specimens. Only the Natural History Museum in London and the Musée
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Halfway through the COP15 negotiations in Montreal, Canada, a historic agreement to save biodiversity still seems far away. So far, no significant progress has been made to protect the proposed 30 per cent of the world’s land and seas. The aim of COP15 in Montreal is to reach a historic agreement to guide global action
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The 15th United Nations Conference on Biodiversity will start in Montreal, Canada, on Wednesday. The stakes at the so-called COP15, which has already been postponed for two years because of Covid-19, are high, as representatives of 196 governments must reach a new historic agreement to protect our global biodiversity. Barely a month after COP27 on
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COP27 is barely over, and another global consultation is already scheduled. From 7 to 19 December, COP15 will take place in Montreal, Canada, with a new global biodiversity framework on the table to mobilise governments and society at large for urgent and transformative action. With the ‘Belgian Biodiversity Alliance’ (BBA), Belgium is already leading by
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Countries that have contributed the least to climate change but bear the consequences the most have been demanding recognition for decades. They want rich countries responsible for most pollution to pay for the damage. ‘Loss and damage’ was, therefore, the most discussed topic during the first week of the climate summit. Belgium also jumped on
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