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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 ...
Responding to the European Commission’s call for evidence, Biovia says regulatory delays, fragmented markets, and lack of capital are costing Europe its biotech edge.
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 ...
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 ...
The public is invited to choose a name for the prehistoric woman, with options including Margo, Freyà, and Mos'anne, reflecting her habitat and cultural significance.
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 ...
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.
1930 - Flanders and Wallonia legally become unilingual regions. 1940 - World War Two. Germany invades Belgium and Holland. Belgian government evacuates to London.