Chinese tourists visited Flanders in 2010, an increase of 23.8% on the previous year, but still far below the peak year 2004 when the region attracted 106,000 Chinese visitors
of all euthanasia requests are carried out, according to a study by the universities of Ghent and Leuven. In 23% of cases the patient died before the request could be approved
students have enrolled this year in one of Flanders' 24 university colleges, 5.1% more than last year. In the last five years, colleges have added 30,000 students to their rolls, the equivalent of the whole University of Ghent
of the territory of Flanders is woodland, according to a new database from the federal economy ministry, or 11% of the total surface. Hoeilaart is the most wooded municipality in the region, with woodland covering 56% of its area