Flemish separatists have once again emerged as the largest force in Belgian politics following national parliamentary elections on Sunday, with almost 95% of votes counted. The conservative New ...

If William did nothing to combat the popular prestige of French in Belgium, he nevertheless insisted that the official language in Flanders and at Brussels should be Dutch, and therefore Flemish.

With seven weeks to go until the European elections, the far right is making its mark on the political landscape of several European countries, including Belgium. In Flemish-speaking Flanders in ...

Flemish nationalist party N-VA (New Flemish Alliance) was on course to remain the largest party in Belgium's parliament on Sunday, holding off a bigger rise of far-right party Vlaams Belang ...

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 ...

Olaf, Gent, Belgium 2010-10-18. A new trend is emerging: Dutch is now 'pluricentral', that is, the 'Dutch' Dutch and Flemish Dutch are considered as varieties of equal value, which are very ...

Brussels - The deepening political rift between Flemish and francophone parties in Belgium has resurrected the ghost of a costly and complex break-up for the kingdom at the heart of Europe. The ...

A boy was humiliated and beaten in Zelzate, a Flemish region in Belgium, after being forced to kiss the feet of a "bullying gang" as police launch manhunt for perpetrators.

1992 - Belgium ratifies Maastricht Treaty on European union.. 1993 - Constitution changed to recognise division of country into three administrative regions: Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels.. King ...

It's the first Belgian government to be headed by Flemish nationalist, Bart de Wever - leader of the N-VA, and therefore it has a list of priorities other than fighting antisemitism and anti-Zionism.

A Belgian court sentenced prominent far-right activist Dries Van Langenhove to a year in prison for what the judge called “racist, hateful, Nazi and negationist speech." ...

Our Belgian media and politicians are constantly blabbering about people like Navalny in Russia, but what is happening here in Belgium is the Western equivalent to what is happening in some other ...