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Google Reveals Plans to Invest USD5.8B in Belgium AI, Cloud Tech
(MENAFN) In a major move to strengthen its European digital footprint, Google announced on Wednesday a €5 billion ($5.8 billion) investment to scale up its cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in Belgium over the next two...

President Cyril Ramaphosa: Media briefing on working visit to European Union, Brussels, Belgium
CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY President Ursula von der Leyen, Ambassadors, Ministers, Members of the media, It is a great honour and a privilege to have been invited to participate in the Global Gateway Forum. This initiative is opening up new...

Global Clean Energy Surges Ahead as Breakthrough Technologies and New ESG Rules Redefine the Path to Net Zero
San Francisco, Oct. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SAN FRANCISCO, CA October 09, 2025 - - A sweeping wave of technological breakthroughs and regulatory shifts is accelerating the global energy transition, reshaping how governments, investors, and...

vTv Therapeutics Announces New Appointments to its Scientific Advisory Board
HIGH POINT, N.C., Oct. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- vTv Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: VTVT), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of cadisegliatin, today announced the appointment of Alfonso Galderisi, MD, PhD, Mark...

Enphase Energy Adds Smart Water Heater Control in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland
FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Enphase Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENPH), a global energy technology company and the world's leading supplier of microinverter-based solar and battery systems, today announced the expansion of its IQ®...

President Cyril Ramaphosa: Global Gateway Forum, Brussels, Belgium
Your Excellency, President Ursula von der Leyen Fellow Heads of State and Government from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and Europe Honourable Ministers Distinguished Guests Ladies and Gentlemen Thank you for inviting South Africa to this...

Automotive Engineering Services Market to Reach USD 391.59B by 2032 | 8.9% CAGR Driven by EVs, Autonomous Vehicles, R&D
Designing and testing brake systems, engines, safety mechanisms, fuel technologies, and transmission are all examples of automotive engineering services. WILMINGTON, DE, UNITED STATES, October 7, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Global Automotive...

President Cyril Ramaphosa undertakes working visits to Ireland and Belgium, 8 and 9 October
President Cyril Ramaphosa to advance trade relations during working visits to Ireland and Belgium His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa will undertake working visits to Ireland on 08 October 2025 and to the Belgium on 09 October 2025. On...
Belgium sees steepest drop in trade union membership across Europe
As protesters gradually leave Brussels following another day of industrial action, a new study by the Institute of Economic Research in Germany (IW) reveals that Belgium has witnessed the most significant decline in trade union membership between...
Daikin opens new European Research Centre in Ghent
Japanese climate technology giant Daikin has opened its new European Development Centre (EDC) in Ghent, Belgium. Located on the Tech Lane Science Park campus of Ghent University, the 140 million euro facility will serve as the group’s European...

Martina Johnson, Warlord Charles Taylor Ally, Likely to Face Trial in Belgium
Martina Johnson, former Liberian NPFL rebel commander, is likely to stand trial in Belgium over alleged war crimes. Photograph: Courtesy Nordic African News Summary: Martina Johnson, a former rebel commander, is expected to face trial in Belgium...

ESSAY: David and Goliath Collaborate in Africa, Africa Research Group, 1969
“Israel has played a relatively invisible but strategically important role in Africa as a servant of the United States…” If there was any doubt that the zionist entity serves as the rabid attack dog of US imperialism in West Asia, the recent...

Indra's CEO highlights its key role in European technological defence
IndraMind, air defence and space surveillance Bilateral meetings The CEO of Indra Group, José Vicente de los Mozos, had a busy schedule at the 5th European Defence and Security Conference, held today in Brussels, where he emphasised Indra's...

Belgium enters the F-35 era: the first stealth fighter aircraft have arrived at Florennes
Minister of Defence confirms the timetable for the decommissioning of the F-16s, partly destined for Ukraine A day that marks the beginning of a "strategic transformation" for the Belgian air component. At 3:00pm (local time), Florennes Air Base...

Why PureCycle Technologies Stock Blasted 12% Higher Today
The company now has a juicy market for the taking with an important product. PureCycle Technologies (PCT 12.22%), a niche company in the plastics recycling segment, looked like quite the titan in investors' eyes Tuesday. It earned the right to...

Immigrants Make Up More Than 30 Percent of Nobel Science Winners Since 2000
Of the 202 Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine this century, less than 70% hail from the country in which they were awarded their prize. The remaining 63 laureates left their country of birth before winning a Nobel prize, sometimes...

Belgian Competition Authority Issues Guidance on Information Exchange Between Pharmaceutical Companies for Combination Therapies
On 10 September 2025, the Belgian Competition Authority (the BCA) published a communication clarifying the conditions under which pharmaceutical companies may exchange information specifically in the context of reimbursement applications for...

Queen Mathilde of Belgium is in Armenia
ArmInfo. Queen Mathilde of Belgium is on a working visit to Armenia. Her Majesty was received by RA President Vahagn Khachaturyan on October 14. According to the presidential press service, Vahagn Khachaturyan welcomed the Queen's visit to Armenia...