Protesting Leuven students calling for “Leuven Vlaams” (A Flemish Leuven) being clubbed by Belgian gendarmerie, the paramilitary federal force, on 18 January 1968 at the height of the turmoils.
Language issues are woven throughout the past century, as the French-dominated nation gradually made way for a balanced political scene while Wallonia’s industrial prowess waned and Flanders’ economic ...
Eyebrows were raised when the Flemish Parliament commemorated a convicted Holocaust denier just two weeks before the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. A minute's silence was observed on ...
Conservative Bart De Wever was sworn in Monday as Belgium's new prime minister, after striking a hard-fought coalition deal that moves the country to the right. Reached after seven months of ...
The "two completely autonomous democracies" (Flemish and French-speaking) he described at the time therefore seem to be reconciled. The former president of the N-VA is even ready to describe one ...
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He is the first Flemish nationalist to lead Belgium's government. New Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever raises his hand to take an oath during a swearing-in ceremony for the new government in ...
By finding inspiration in both high culture and mass culture, such as Hieronymus Bosch (Flemish, c.1450-1516) and McDonald’s fast food, the Chapmans bring both gravity and comedy to their work. Their ...