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The Flemish regional government says it will financially support the Belgian operations of the Swedish automaker Volvo. Volvo Cars CEO Stephen Odell met Kris Peeters, the prime minister of the Flemish regional government, on Monday, and Peeters announced the government would be willing to provide bank loan guarantees, the Swedish news agency TT reported. It is important that the factory in Gent (Ghent) has a future, Peeters said. The jobs there are very important. Under certain conditions we...

Belgian scientists have created a plush green robot that is intended to ease the minds of young children in hospitals. Equipped with a touchscreen on its stomach, Probo will teach hospitalized children how certain operations work."The main goal of this project is to have emotional communication with children," said Jelle Saldien, one of the researchers from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University of Brussels) design team.Ivan Hermans, president of the Anty Foundation, said...

Ablynx, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of nanobodies, has received a grant worth E1.8 million from the Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders. The grant, which is over three years, allows Ablynx to further develop technologies related to its Nanobody platform. Furthermore, this grant will enable Ablynx to expand its intellectual property portfolio. Edwin Moses, CEO and chairman of Ablynx, said: "We are extremely...

By Gadeyne, Els Onghena, Patrick; Ghesquiere, Pol ABSTRACT: Educational research has found few benefits of preprimary school nonpromotion; nevertheless, in many countries the practice remains quite common. The aim of this study is to extend knowledge regarding preprimary nonpromotion via investigation of a wide set of child and family characteristics deemed predictive and discriminative of different postkindergarten nonpromotion alternatives in Flanders, Belgium. The study participants were...