A recent study by the Swiss University of Basel, the University of Stuttgart, and Germany's Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact (PIK) has revealed that this initiative could lead to a significant increase in natural gas bills for average Belgian households, raising costs by hundreds of euros annually
According to figures released by the federal employment administration, this marks the highest number of job losses recorded under the Renault procedure since the administration began tracking quarterly data in 2011
The study suggests that when factors such as university size and more objective indicators are considered, Belgium's universities perform far better than their global rankings suggest
The survey revealed that while traditional tobacco smoking continues to decline among young people aged 12 to 18, the use of e-cigarettes has surged. Only 15.9% of respondents reported having smoked tobacco in the past year, down from 17% in 2021-2022
The study, based on KU Leuven's Burnout Assessment Tool, has revealed alarming statistics, indicating that nearly one in three manual workers (32.9%) and one in four office workers (25.5%) are at significant risk of burnout
