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Himalayan pink salt wins innovation award in Belgium
Published on: October 4, 2025 12:27 AM Pakistan’s world-renowned Himalayan Pink Salt has earned international recognition after being featured in an award-winning Brazilian soap. The soap received the Global Innovation Award at the Women in...
Horse Powertrain to showcase latest powertrain technology at Busworld Europe 2025
Horse Powertrain, a leader in innovative and low-emission powertrain systems, will showcase, through its division Horse Technologies, a suite of range extender and combustion powertrains at Busworld Europe 2025 Horse Powertrain, a leader in...
Iveco Bus at Busworld Europe 2025: Technological neutrality and an ecosystem of services to achieve energy transition
Iveco Bus is participating in Busworld Europe 2025, the must-attend event for the global bus and coach industry, held at Brussels Expo in Belgium from October 4 to 9 Iveco Bus is participating in Busworld Europe 2025, the must-attend event for the...

Big shortage of cybersecurity experts in Belgium
The cybersecurity sector in Belgium grew by two-thirds between 2021 and 2024. This has created thousands of new jobs. However, the technology industry federation Agoria warns that it is becoming increasingly difficult to find sufficient suitably...

Belgium’s ‘conditional’ recognition of Palestine – A symbolic act that appeases no one
Last week, 10 countries officially recognized Palestine as a sovereign state. The United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Portugal all announced the recognition of a Palestinian state on the 21st of September. With France, Luxembourg, Malta, and...
Belgian study: New approach to reduce antibiotic prescriptions for children by a quarter
A new approach for general practitioners could reduce the number of antibiotic prescriptions for sick children by a quarter, without any negative consequences. That shows a study by six Belgian universities, led by KU Leuven. Antibiotic (or...
Free Space Optics (FSO) Communication Market Industry Trends and Forecasts to 2035: Point-to-Point Free Space Optics Gains Market Dominance – ResearchAndMarkets.com
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Free Space Optics (FSO) Communication Market Industry Trends and Forecasts to 2035: Distribution by Type of Platform, Component, Transmission Range, FSO, Communication, Areas of Application, End-Users, Company Size, and...

Grant Thornton US adds France, Spain, and Belgium member firms
Grant Thornton US has continued its private equity-backed expansion with the acquisition of the Grant Thornton member firms for France, Spain, and Belgium. New Mountain Capital in March 2024 acquired Grant Thornton US, the largest member firm of...

Belgium faces severe shortage of cybersecurity experts
Belgium’s cybersecurity sector has expanded rapidly, growing by two-thirds between 2021 and 2024 and creating thousands of new jobs. Yet despite the boom, the country is struggling to find enough qualified talent, warns technology federation...

Unidentified Drones Detected Over Belgium’s Elsenborn Military Base
On the night of October 3, over the Belgian military base in Elsenborn, 15 unknown drones were detected. The Belgian Ministry of Defense has launched an investigation into the incident, according to official army sources. The incident was recorded...

Belgian PM doesn’t rule out possibility for Ukraine to receive reparation loan – media
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever said on Thursday that he would back the European Commission’s Ukraine “reparation loan” if concerns about the liability and legality of using frozen Russian assets held in Belgium are addressed, Euractive...

Pakistan’s Himalayan Pink Salt earns international recognition at Belgium summit
The Embassy of Pakistan in Brazil has acknowledge the international recognition granted to a Brazilian innovation that combines Amazonian biodiversity with Pakistan’s Himalayan Pink Salt, which received distinction at the Women in Agritech –...

More drone sightings at strategic sites in Germany and Belgium
Unidentified drones have been reported over key sites in Germany and Belgium. The sightings have prompted investigations and raised alarm about vulnerabilities in European critical infrastructure and potential espionage amid heightened European...

Pakistan’s Himalayan Pink Salt wins innovation award in Belgium
Pakistan’s world-renowned Himalayan Pink Salt has earned international recognition after being featured in an award-winning Brazilian soap. The soap received the Global Innovation Award at the Women in Agritech – Global Summit of Women in...

American Uber Technologies acquired a Belgian startup Segments.ai

Turkish Kizilelma Drone shows 500 lb precision-strike potential with Roketsan's TEBER-82 Tech
Baykar said its Kizilelma unmanned fighter completed a second captive-munition flight carrying the Roketsan TEBER-82, a 500-lb laser+GNSS guided bomb, on Oct. 2, 2025. On 2nd of October 2025, Baykar’s Kizilelma unmanned fighter completed a second...

Artificial Intelligence In Pharmaceutical Industry Research Report 2025: Market to Explode and Reach a Value of Over $65 Billion by 2033, from $3.24 Billion in 2024 – ResearchAndMarkets.com
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Artificial Intelligence In Pharmaceutical Market Report by Technology, Offering, Application, Deployment Mode, Countries and Company Analysis, 2025-2033” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering....

MQ-9B SkyGuardian Completes First Flight in Belgium
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that the first of four MQ-9B SkyGuardians ordered by Belgian Defence made its maiden flight in Belgium on September 23. The flight followed the aircraft’s arrival at Florennes Air...

Defence Conclave '25: Dr. Rajendra Kumar outlines tech-driven border security plan
Dr. Rajendra Kumar during his address in the Inaugural Session of the Bharat Defence ConclaveThe Bharat Defence Conclave 2025, organised by ETGovernment at the Hyatt Regency, New Delhi, on September 25, brought together the nation’s foremost...
Belgian firms launch CO2Net to turn carbon into economic growth
Thirteen companies have joined forces to create CO2Net, a new Belgian federation aimed at reducing, removing and reusing carbon dioxide (CO2). The group, presented on Thursday at the Port of Antwerp, sees CO2 not only as a climate challenge but...