Energy prices: households can now apply for the basic energy package

When drawing up the 2023-2024 budget in October, the authorities had also decided to extend these bonuses until March 2023 (basic package 2). The premium applies to all variable contracts. For a fixed contract, the bonuses will only be granted if this contract has been concluded or renewed after September 30, 2021. The measure is … Read more

The National Bank of Belgium rejects the nomination of the candidate proposed by Ecolo

Mr Hilgers, 59 and labeled a Christian Democrat, is the longest-serving member of the BNB’s board. His mandate ends in March and, under an agreement reached last year within the federal government, he must be replaced by a candidate proposed by Ecolo. The Greens, the only political family of the executive which does not have … Read more

“There will be other tragedies. And what happens at home will also happen in other countries”: Van Quickenborne’s warning

Cooperation with the Netherlands seems particularly important, also on the judicial level to hear Mr Van Quickenborne. Most of the perpetrators of violence linked to this traffic come from Amsterdam or Rotterdam and today there are about forty of them occupying a wing of the Antwerp prison. Who is Othman El B, king of Antwerp … Read more

Covid: the health authorities meet, which we know will change as of Sunday in Belgium

The requirement to present a negative covid test certificate applies to all direct travel from China, for travelers aged 12 and over. Airlines must ensure that each person has a negative test certificate and deny boarding if they do not. Upon arrival on Belgian territory, the airport operator will check again whether the traveler is … Read more

Coronavirus: the health authorities meet, which we know will change as of Sunday in Belgium

The requirement to present a negative covid test certificate applies to all direct travel from China, for travelers aged 12 and over. Airlines must ensure that each person has a negative test certificate and deny boarding if they do not. Upon arrival on Belgian territory, the airport operator will check again whether the traveler is … Read more

Nuclear extension: no agreement reached, negotiations with Engie will continue in the coming days

The Prime Minister and the Minister of Energy, Tinne Van der Straeten, have been negotiating for several months with the French group the ten-year extension of the two most recent reactors of the Belgian nuclear fleet in order to guarantee the security of electricity supply to the country. In July, the two parties reached an … Read more

Reimbursement of treatment for cystic fibrosis extended to children aged 6 to 11

The Minister indicates that he has reached an agreement with Inami (the National Institute for Disability Health Insurance) and the American pharmaceutical company Vertex. The drug has also been reimbursed for patients over the age of 12 since September. This new agreement makes it possible to guarantee the best possible care to more than 140 … Read more

The police are mobilizing today: major traffic jams in Brussels

The action started at 7 a.m. and is expected to continue throughout the morning, the union official said. The unions denounce the fact that the government has not kept its word. The police are unhappy that the pay deal has not been implemented as agreed and that the end-of-career arrangement scheme is to be scrapped … Read more