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 ...

Flemish nationalist Bart De Wever has been sworn in as the country's new prime minister following months of painstaking negotiations to form a coalition that moves the country further to the right ...

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In its answering affidavit, the education department said language could not be used to segregate pupils. The school's Afrikaans-only language policy was previously rejected by the education ...

The government is clearly determined to proceed with its present course with regard to the South African Languages Bill that will, for all practical purposes, eliminate Afrikaans as an official ...

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 ...

It was another indication how times change, and bold demands for Flemish independence have made ... of the linguistic divide stuck to their own language during a short ceremony at the Royal ...

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 ...

A fascinating examination of how we are both played by language and made by language: the science underlying the bugs and features of humankind's greatest invention. Language is said to be humankind's ...

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 ...