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Flanders celebrates its history with war memorial, music and dancing

12.07.2016 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Across Flanders, people have been celebrating Flemish Community Day, which marks the 1302 defeat of a battalion of French cavalry in Kortrijk by a militia from the cities of Flanders. Since 1973, the day has been a public holiday in Flanders. The official commemoration took place at the Ijzertoren in Diksmuide, West Flanders, where minister-president […]

Belgians living 218 days longer

06.08.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

The life expectancy of a person born in Belgium is 218 days longer than it was two years ago, the Federal Public Service Economy has announced. Today the average Belgian lives to be 81.07 years old, according to De Standaard. Over the past 20 years life expectancy has risen sharply in Belgium, on average growing […]

One in 10 independents in Belgium is foreign, says Unizo

21.07.2015 - In category: Residence Permit EU

Employers’ organization Unizo announced an increase in the number of foreign independents in Belgium, with Romanians as the most strongly represented group. Unizo based its conclusion on figures from the National Institute for the Social Security of the Self-Employed (NISSE), which show that Belgium last year had 103,630 self-employed with a foreign nationality, or one […]