Behind most of Belgium’s recent political troubles has been the rising strength of the Flemish-speaking people. From 1831, when Belgium gained her independence from The Netherlands, until 1914.

Belgium may appear to outsiders as a good example of ethnic power sharing, but the last time the French-speaking Walloons supplied the country’s Prime Minister was in 1978. So, in Sunday’s national ...

New family allowances, to be introduced by the Flemish government for Flemish children only, will undermine the foundations of the Belgian federal state, Walloon politicians across party lines warned ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Tuesday upheld the legality of Belgium’s Flemish and Walloon decrees which requires that all animals slaughtered for human consumption must be killed only ...

Belgium’s history of linguistic bickering between Flemings and Walloons entered a new phase this week when police arrested a Flemish woman for calling her Walloon husband lazy, Belgian media said on ...

2010 is drawing to a close and it’s a chance for Belgian cinema to take a last look back in order to celebrate a past year rich in film productions. Since 2005, this is exactly what the organisers of ...