He suggested that Flanders could go to the Netherlands and France would then get Wallonia. Martin Bosma is a radical-right politician from the party of Geert Wilders, who himself had also once ...

“The conflict is between monolingualism and multilingualism.” Belgium is divided into the Dutch-speaking northern region of Flanders and French-speaking Wallonia in the south. The capital city ...

More than half of all Belgians polled say it is likely that Russia will launch a military attack against a NATO member state ...

Now the strains between Dutch-speaking Flanders, in the north, and French-speaking Wallonia in the south of the country threaten a far bigger crisis. Elections are due to be held in June 2024.

Language issues are woven throughout the past century, as the French-dominated nation gradually made way for a balanced political scene while Wallonia's industrial prowess waned and Flanders ...

BRUSSELS, 30th March, 2020 (WAM) -- Eighty-two new deaths caused by the new coronavirus have been reported in the last 24 hours, bringing the total death toll of the virus in Belgium to 513.

1920 - Belgium abandons neutrality and signs military alliance with France. 1930 - Flanders and Wallonia legally become unilingual regions. 1940 - World War Two. Germany invades Belgium and Holland.

Twenty-three belfries in the north of France and the belfry of Gembloux in Belgium were inscribed in 2005, as an extension to the 32 Belgian belfries inscribed in 1999 as Belfries of Flanders and ...

It attributes the decline to strong momentum in 2023 that was linked to incentives now removed in Flanders and Wallonia. Last year’s result means Belgium’s cumulative solar capacity stands at ...