2,196

lost their unemployment benefits temporarily or permanently in the first half of this year in Flanders, after turning down offers of work without a valid reason

100,000

households will be supplied with electricity from a new wind turbine park planned on the left bank of the Scheldt in Kallo, a municipality of Beveren in East Flanders. The park will contain 55 turbines and cost €175 million

603

official complaints of noise nuisance made in Antwerp last year, up from 20 in 2000

2,300

new places in crèches promised for next year by Flemish welfare minister Jo Vandeurzen for children between the ages of three months and 2.5 years