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14th November is World Diabetes Day. In the past 20 years, the number of deaths due to diabetes mellitus has decreased in Belgium, according to the figures of Statbel, the...

Belgium's inflation rate based on the European harmonised index of consumer prices was running at 0.2% in October compared to 0.6% in September. Core inflation (inflation without energy and unprocessed...

In 2018, a Belgian farmer had to pay on average 305 €/ha per year for the rental of croplands and 269 €/ha for grasslands. In 20 years, the agricultural land...

The agricultural output price index remains relatively stable in September compared to the previous month, but has significantly declined compared to the previous year, with a decrease of 15.8 %...

The number of overnight stays spent in tourist accommodations in July 2019 amounted to 5.84 million. 35% of them took place in a hotel. 3,832,934 overnight stays were registered in...

In August 2019, 2,539 persons obtained the Belgian nationality. The main countries of origin of naturalised Belgians in August are Morocco, Romania, the United Kingdom, Italy and the Democratic Republic...

In 2017, the turnover of enterprises working in the environmental sector has increased by 6.1 %. Intermediate costs of goods and services have increased (9.2 %), resulting in a decrease...

According to the provisional estimate of the production of agricultural crops for 2019, most arable crops are subject to significant production increases compared to 2018. This is mainly due to...

In 2017, the total environmental protection expenditure by the mining and quarrying industry and the manufacturing industry have increased by 9,1% compared to 2016. Current expenditure (labour cost, rent payments...

With 38,921 new declarations in 2018, legal cohabitations are rather stable (-0.3 % compared to 2017). However, terminations of legal cohabitations are on the rise (+4.4 %). There is a...