Belgium has recorded its first outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) this year at a poultry farm in Sint-Gillis-Waas, East Flanders. The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FAVV) confirmed the ....
Over the past decade, Flanders has been increasingly confronted with drug waste. This is mainly leftovers from the production of MDMA, speed and, more recently, crystal meth. What impact can this chemical waste have on ....
While Belgium experienced one of the wettest July months on record, southern Europe again suffered from exceptionally high temperatures. According to the UN, the first days of July were the warmest ever recorded on Earth. ....
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 ....
Flanders' climate targets for 2030 are under discussion. This was evident a few days ago when it was announced that the region accounted for 72 megatonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in 2021, an increase of ....
On Friday, German expert Dirk Westermann will present his report on Ventilus, the new high-voltage line that will transport electricity from wind farms in the North Sea to the Belgian hinterland. But even before the ....
District heating networks, in which buildings are heated with hot water through a network of pipes, seem to be on the rise in Flanders. This is according to the latest report from the Flemish Regulator ....
The share of energy from renewable sources in Flanders is growing steadily, as is solar energy. Since the start of the energy crisis, solar panel installers could barely keep up with demand. But even before ....
Some 20 environmental activists are calling on the Flemish government to save Flanders from historic mistakes and see the Oosterweel impasse as an opportunity. They are doing so after negotiations between environment minister Zuhal Demir's ....
During the night of Friday to Saturday, Belgium will disconnect Doel 3, the first of seven nuclear reactors, from the grid. This moment heralds the beginning of the nuclear exit that has occupied Belgian politics ....