Belgium’s regional differences are snarling a proposed trade deal between the EU and Canada, as Wallonia—one of the country’s three regions, along with Flanders and Brussels—objects to the ...

Recently, politicians in Flanders—which became wealthier than industrial, coal-mining Wallonia in postwar Europe—have pushed for independence, leading to serious strife between the country’s ...

Elections are due to be held in June 2024. According to POLITICO’s Poll of Polls, the far-right Vlaams Belang party — which wants to turn Flanders into a fully independent, breakaway state — is now ...

Flanders has proved more popular with expats than Wallonia: Almost twice as many people have moved from Brussels to the former than the latter over the past decade. That’s due to the Dutch-speaking ...

The public is invited to choose a name for the prehistoric woman, with options including Margo, Freyà, and Mos'anne, ...

Belgium consists of two culturally distinct regions - Wallonia, in the south, which is predominantly French-speaking, and Flanders, in the north, where most people speak Flemish.

Belgium has a new prime minister whose political purpose was long to break up the nation, gut the state structures and give ever more autonomy to his northern Flanders at the cost of everyone else ...

1930 - Flanders and Wallonia legally become unilingual regions. 1940 - World War Two. Germany invades Belgium and Holland. Belgian government evacuates to London.