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The growing issue of homelessness in Brussels is becoming more political by the day as the country’s politicians exchange barbs on how to solve the problem and on whom to place the blame.
Two new studies released by Oxford University Press suggest that Belgium’s political mayhem may have actually helped the country weather the global economic crisis.
Sonja Becq of the Flemish socialist party (SP.A) presented a proposal yesterday to change the pension system by scrapping the right to a pension at 65 years in favour of the award of a pension aft
The country’s leading politicians met yesterday in the prime minister’s Brussels residence to sign a landmark constitution reform that will fundamentally change the structure of Belgium.
Belgium stands at number 15 on the list of the world's least corrupt countries, drawn up annually by Transparency International.
Maggie De Block of the liberal Open VLD party has been chosen “most popular politician” in Flanders in a poll carried out by De Morgen and VTM.
Louis Michel, a member of the European Parliament and former EU commissioner, has denied any knowledge of more than 150 amendments proposed to an EU privacy law in his name.
Former Belgian prime minister Yves Leterme (pictured) will remain in his post as Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for a furthe
On the second day of announcements leading up to its congress in January, the Flemish nationalist party N-VA unveiled a radical plan for Brussels yesterday, which would strip the capital of its st
