Thursday, October 13, 2022

Belgium’s implementation of the EU Directive on the posting of drivers in the road transport sector: What is the impact for employers posting drivers to and from Belgium?

With the Act of 19 June 2022, Belgium has implemented EU Directive 2020/1057 on the posting of drivers, by providing, amongst other things, adjustments to the Posting Act of 5 March 2002 [0]. Not only foreign posting employers are impacted as the Act of 19 June 2022 has also intr


21 unaccompanied refugee children spend night on Belgium streets

Due to the lack of accommodation, 21 refugee children in Belgium, who fell under the category of unaccompanied asylum seekers since they are under the age of 18, were left to sleep on the streets.

The housing situation at the reception center for asylum seekers has gotten worse in


20-month-old baby becomes latest victim of mismanagement of Belgium authorities

A 20-month-old baby has become the latest victim of the mismanagement by Belgian authorities in processing applications for asylum seekers.

The baby, who was accompanied by her mother, spent the night on the streets as they waited outside the Belgian Federal Asylum Seeker Reception


Devils in the red: Energy rescues push Belgium toward the debt danger zone

Belgium's budget was already sliding off the rails before the coronavirus pandemic. And now a raft of emergency measures to cushion consumers from soaring energy prices are pushing the government into even more precarious territory.

The balancing act between energy doleouts and the


The Story Of Belgium's Abandoned Boeing 707

It will soon be 65 years since the Boeing 707 conducted its maiden flight. Boeing's first commercial jetliner initially hit the skies on December 20th, 1957, before entering service with Pan American World Airways the following year. The aircraft was a hit among numerous global


Nuclear exercise with NATO air forces to take place in Belgium

‘Steadfast Noon,’ NATO’s annual nuclear exercise  to defend the territory of the treaty organisation with nuclear weapons, will take place next week in Belgium, Defence Minister Ludivine Dedonder (PS) said on Wednesday on the margins of a NATO defence ministers meeting in Brussels.