A budget of 380 million euros has been freed for the Cancer Plan for the period 2008-2010. This testifies of a middle-term vision. It would be an error to think this plan guarantees results though. The Cancer Plan needs more than only a budget to be successful.

Approximately 90% of the Flemish between 18 and 45 years old dispose of a computer and access to the internet. Whereas the digital gap in terms of ICT possession was only recently filled, a new form of digital inequality suddenly emerges.

Marc De Vos gives a critical and constructive appraisal of the ongoing Belgian political crisis for international readers.

A political debate is gathering whether Belgium’s unemployment insurance should limit the duration of its benefits and require the unemployed to work in return for their benefits.

The challenges of ageing, migration and globalisation are often perceived as internal and external threats that eventually will transform our socio-economic system. From a dynamic perspective however, every change offers opportunities.