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Focus on Belgium July 2019 – People, Stories, Facts & Figures

July 2019 Newsletter, we focus on: ÉRIC LAMBIN WINS THE BLUE PLANET PRIZE 2019:Éric Lambin has been crowned with this particularly prestigious award for his research into global land use. Read more BELGIAN FOOD EXPORTS HIT RECORD HIGH IN 2018:Never before did the Belgian food industry ...
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Focus on Belgium June 2019 – People, Stories, Facts & Figures

June 2019 Newsletter, we focus on: COME AND CYCLE 10-METRES HIGH THROUGH THE TREES:It was already possible to cycle through the water, and now you can also pedal through the treetops. Read more BELGIAN BRAND WINS A EUROPEAN AWARD:Belgian shoe chain Torfs won the title of ...
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Focus on Belgium 2019 – People, Stories, Facts & Figures

May 2019 Newsletter, we focus on: A SUPER ANTIBIOTIC DISCOVERED IN BELGIUM:A team from the University of Liège have demonstrated that a drug used to treat coronary artery diseases is a powerful antibiotic, particularly against super bacteria. Read more TRAINERS MADE FROM APPLE LEATHER: A BELGIAN ...
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Focus on Belgium 2019 – People, Stories, Facts & Figures

2019 April Newsletter, we focus on: CONTRACEPTIVE PILL FROM BIOPHARMA COMPANY MITHRA, WINS ‘ESSENSCIA INNOVATION AWARD 2019’:This year, the essenscia Innovation Award, Belgium's most prestigious prize for industrial innovation, went to Mithra, for their development of Estelle, the first contraceptive pill based on the natural ...
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Presentation by our guest speaker,  Mr Kieran Mulvey

In the RDS Members Club on the 11th April the BLCC members and friends enjoyed a very interesting and informative presentation by our guest speaker,  Mr Kieran Mulvey.  Kieran served as Chief Executive of the Labour Relations Commission from 1991 to 2016 and as Director General ...
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Focus on Belgium 2019 – People, Stories, Facts & Figures

Focus on Belgium March 2019 – People, Stories, Facts & Figures INGRID DAUBECHIES, WINNER OF THE L'ORÉAL-UNESCO FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE AWARD: On 14 March 2019, mathematician and physicist Ingrid Daubechies received the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award. This exceptional scientist is also involved in ...
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Focus on Belgium 2018 – People, Stories, Facts & Figures

2018 December Newsletter, we focus on: LUKAS DHONT'S FILM 'GIRL' NOMINATED FOR GOLDEN GLOBE: Lukas Dhont has received the ultimate accolade: his debut feature film Girl has been nominated for a Golden Globe in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Read more BEACH OF OSTEND IS ONE OF ...
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Focus on Belgium 2018 – People, Stories, Facts & Figures

2018 November Newsletter, we focus on: NINA DERWAEL WORLD CHAMPION ON THE UNEVEN BARS: Belgium has another world champion to its name. In Doha, Nina Derwael has claimed the world title on the uneven bars. It is the best result ever achieved by a Belgian gymnast. …

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Focus on Belgium 2018 – People, Stories, Facts & Figures

2018 October Newsletter, we focus on: AN UNFORGETTABLE FIRST FOR THE BELGIAN CATS: The women’s national basketball team really impressed in their first World Cup. The Belgian Cats won a string of matches, reaching a 4th place they could hardly have dared dream of. Read more BELGIUM …

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Focus on Belgium 2018 – People, Stories, Facts & Figures

2018 September Newsletter, we focus on: WATER CYCLE PATH IN BOKRIJK FEATURES IN TIME MAGAZINE’S TOP 100: The influential American weekly magazine TIME Magazine has published its first list of 100 places in the world not to be missed. Our country was not forgotten. A unique cycling …

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