Brussels - A donors' conference dedicated to rebuilding Georgia's civilian infrastructure after August's war with Russia is set to open in Brussels on October 21 or 22, Belgian officials confirmed Thursday.

The one-day conference, which was proposed by European Union heads of state and government at an emergency summit on September 1, is intended to gather aid pledges from the international community, Belgian Foreign Ministry officials told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

The announcement of the conference comes 10 days after the European Commission, the EU's executive, pledged a package of 500 million euros (733.7 million dollars) in aid for the post-war reconstruction and economic recovery of Georgia.

- A group of three "wise men" tasked with finding a formula for ending Belgium's inter-ethnic tensions completed their task on Friday by proposing that a group of 12 wise men hammer out the details, the Belgian monarchy announced Friday.

Meeting Belgium's King Albert II at his Brussels residence, the trio proposed that "six French-speaking delegates and six Dutch-speaking delegates" launch a dialogue "from scratch and with no taboos or preconditions" on Belgium's future, the palace announced.

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.