Brussels - Mohamed was the most popular name for new-born boys in Brussels in 2007, the Belgian statistics office announced Wednesday.

The boys' names Amin (sixth most popular), Ayub and Mehdi (joint seventh), and the girls' names Aya (third), Yasmine (fourth) and Salma (seventh) also made the top ten in a further confirmation of the European Union capital's multi-culturalism.

Mohamed was also the seventh most popular name nationwide, beating traditional Belgian names such as Mathis (ninth) and Hugo (tenth) - although it lagged well behind the most popular names: Nathan, Lucas and Noah.

Brussels - Lufthansa is to take over Belgium's airline, Brussels Airlines, the two carriers said Monday in Brussels, just over two weeks after confirming they were in merger talks.

In a first step, the big German airline is to pay 65 million euros to acquire 45 per cent of Brussels Airlines from SN Holding. Lufthansa can acquire the rest in 2011.

Lufthansa had earlier confirmed it was in takeover talks.

Hyderabad-based Four Soft has signed a contract with Adelantex, a belgium based freight forwarder and customs agency, for implementing 4s ecustoms PLDA software.

Adelantex has already been a client for Four Soft for several years now, using 4S etrans SME to support its freight forwarding operations.

Four Soft's 4S etrans SME is an internationally acclaimed standardized system for the logistics providers.

Brussels - Advertisers have known this all along, but now it is scientifically proven: men who are exposed to naked women stop paying attention to prices.

According to a report Tuesday by Flemish broadcaster VRT, a study by the University of Leuven found an inverse relationship between testosterone levels and price awareness among males.

The "naked women" effect is particularly strong among machos, the study found.

"Machos usually tend to be tough negotiators, but adverts featuring naked women turn them into gullible sheep," said Siegfried Dewitte, a professor of economics who carried out the study.

Brussels  - Residents of the Belgian town of Fleurus have been told not to consume locally-produced vegetables and dairy products following a leak of radioactive iodine at a nearby nuclear facility, Belgian media reported Friday.

The interior ministry has also issued a warning against the consumption of local dairy products.

The warnings follow the discovery of unusually high levels of radiation in grass samples taken near the Institut National de Radio-elements, which makes radioisotopes used to treat cancer.

Brussels - For over 200 years, the Trappist monks of Belgium's Westmalle abbey have preserved their order through war, fire and revolution.

Now the abbey's famous Benedictine brewing monks are facing a new and unexpected challenge: commercial success.

The beer they brew within the abbey's walls has become so popular that they cannot keep up with demand - forcing them to choose between the Rule of St Benedict and the iron rules of supply and demand.

"Given the ever-increasing demand, should the Trappist abbey of Westmalle give in to growing market pressure and intensify its production?" a statement from the Abbey asked.