Young Belgians boost property market, except in expat-heavy Brussels
Young Belgians are fuelling a rebound in the property market outside the country's capital Brussels, where rising housing prices and competition from EU officials…
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Banks take fright as Marxists take power in Belgium
Banks are refusing to finance cash-strapped towns in Belgium's French-speaking south as avowed Marxists take power in local government.
Belgian federal government talks collapse, again
After 148 days of negotiations, talks to form a government in Belgium have failed.
Socialists set to be ousted from Walloon stronghold in historic defeat
Wallonia, the Southern, French-speaking part of Belgium, is set for major upheaval following national elections.
Belgium: The crumbling of the establishment has run its course
The crumbling of the Belgian establishment is a decades-long phenomenon, though discontent has reached boiling point ahead of next month's vote
Belgium: What drives the electorate in the South?
In June, Belgium will take part in European Parliament, national and regional elections at the same time, with municipal votes following a few months later.
Just day from Brussels: Namur, its citadel and cobblestone streets
A citadel that was once one of Europe’s mightiest fortresses still overlooks the town of Namur, the capital of Belgium’s Wallonia region.
50 bags of cocaine found at office of Belgian education minister
A large stash of cocaine was found in the offices of the Walloon Minister of Education, Caroline Désir of the socialist party (PS).
Dinant: so compact and convenient you could almost fit it in your pocket
Dinant, Belgium. OK, even though Dinant is one of the most beautiful small towns in Belgium, admittedly it isn’t quite that small to fit in a pocket.
Belgium: while French-speaking jobless refuse work in Flanders, employers look for manpower abroad
New figures show how wide the gap between Dutch-speaking Flanders and Francophone Wallonia is in Belgium.
Economic chaos shows ‘miserable’ Belgium is ‘finished’, separatist party claims
Ongoing chaos surrounding tax reform in Belgium shows that the country is "finished" and should be abandoned as soon as possible, a separatist party in the country…
Vive la Flandre! Flemings get free beer to commemorate victory over French
A political party in Flanders has announced that it will be sending free beer to residents to mark the anniversary of a battle that saw the region defeat the French.
‘Funny cartoons’ screening lands Belgian pub owner with six-month prison sentence
Two people have been jailed in Belgium for screening what they described as “funny cartoons that you can find everywhere on the internet”, adding the images…