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Flanders working on AI guidelines for education | VRT NWS: news
6+ hour, 28+ min ago (196+ words) Comparing it to a railway system without signals, the education minister says that the use of AI in primary and secondary schools should come with a set of guidelines Flanders" five universities are joining several university-colleges, research institutions and experts…...
Almost 20% of Flemish jobseekers that lost their unemployment benefit have since found work | VRT NWS: news
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (476+ words) Almost 1 in 5 Flemings that lost their unemployment benefit at the start of the year have since found work. The figures appeared in Friday's edition of the daily "Het Belang van Limburg' and come from the office by the Flemish Employment…...
Self-cleaning public toilets installed on 3 Brussels squares | VRT NWS: news
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (247+ words) The City of Brussels has installed 3 new self-cleansing toilets at" locations in the city centre and in the European Quarter. The cubicles have an automatic flushing system and a self-cleaning mechanism that washes and dries the floor each time after…...
Fewer Brussels pupils being taken to school by car | VRT NWS: news
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (291+ words) According to figures from the Brussels regional transport agency Brussel Mobiliteit, the number of children in the capital that are taken to and/or picked up from school by car continues to decline. Around 83% of schools say that there has…...
Almost 20% of jobseekers in Flanders that were to lose their unemployment benefit have found work | VRT NWS: news
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (466+ words) Almost 1 in 5 jobseekers on Flanders that were due to lose their unemployment benefit earlier this year have since found work. In late November 2025 the Flemish Employment and Vocational Training Service VDAB analysed the figures for long-term unemployed people that had…...
Antwerp Zoo's toddler gorilla Vizazi has her leg cast removed | VRT NWS: news
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (227+ words) There was a splendid Christmas surprise for gorilla Vizazi and her carers at Antwerp Zoo: after almost a month, a plaster cast has been removed from her right leg. The cast was put on to protect a knee injury she…...
Almost 1 in 10 Brussels residents in employment are "working poor" | VRT NWS: news
6+ mon, 3+ day ago (261+ words) According to the latest edition of the Brussels Poverty and Inequality Report that was published by the Brussels regional care agency Vivalis, a significant proportion of working people in the Brussels-Capital Region live in poverty. "The report says that "Employment…...
Universities back "150 hike in tuition fees, minister says "nyet" | VRT NWS: news
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (497+ words) Flemish universities and colleges will once again have to make substantial savings: their basic funding is being reduced by 46. 3 million euros annually. Last Friday, the Flemish government approved draft legislation stipulating the savings. For example, less money will go to…...
Total smoking ban at Antwerp University includes outdoor areas on campus and university car parks | VRT NWS: news
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (204+ words) The University of Antwerp has introduced a complete smoking ban on all its campuses. New legislation that came into force on 1 January 2025 bans smoking within a radius of 10 metres of the entrance to all school, college and university buildings. Antwerp…...
Belgium below European average when it comes to overweight kids | VRT NWS: news
9+ mon, 2+ day ago (262+ words) According to a report published by UNICEF, globally for the first time in history, obesity is a bigger problem among children than being underweight. Worldwide, one in five children is overweight, while one in ten children suffers from obesity. The…...