The NBB attentive to the profitability of small banks and the property market

Belgian banks are not yet facing a deterioration in the credit market. Their supervisor believes that the large institutions are better equipped than the smallest to manage this likely consequence of the current crisis. – – IIt’s still a little early ”. For the National Bank of Belgium, the Belgian financial sector has the right … Read more

Ghent start-up myNEO wants to develop a “universal vaccine” against Covid-19

Ghent biotech start-up myNEO is working on the development of a “universal vaccine” against Covid-19 using cancer treatment technology, she announced on Wednesday. – myNEO says it has identified peptides (pieces of protein) that can trigger a very targeted immune response. “By specifically choosing the fragments which are necessary for the functioning of the virus, … Read more

Obesity: monitoring uneven operated patients from one hospital to another

More and more Belgians are having surgery to lose weight. However, pre and postoperative support remains very variable. The KCE proposes to entrust bariatric surgery only to the most experienced hospitals. – – Un Belgian out of a hundred have already used bariatric surgery to lose weight and this figure should only increase from year … Read more

Decolonization generation: these activists who make Léopold II tremble

On June 7, 10,000 to 15,000 people gathered at Place Poelaert in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Since then, the debate on colonial memory and the fight against racism has accelerated. In reality, the “decolonization” generation has been maturing for ten years. Portrait. – – Rassembled in front of the Brussels courthouse, between … Read more