Coalition talks for Brussels regional government hit dead end as lead negotiator quits – POLITICO
Talks have repeatedly hit roadblocks over the course of the past eight months. The regional government is supposed…
Belgian politics
Belgium gets new government with Flemish separatist Bart De Wever as PM – POLITICO
Coalition talks between De Wever’s right-wing New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), the Francophone center-right Reformist Movement (MR), the Francophone…
Toxic powder injures Belgium PM’s office member at government building – POLITICO
Similar letters were found at the interior minister’s office on Nov. 20 and on Dec. 9. Listen AI…
Knifeman arrested outside Belgian PM office – POLITICO
BRUSSELS — A man armed with a knife was arrested by the Belgian police outside the Belgian prime…
Belgian mayors call for Europe-wide ban on sale of fireworks – POLITICO
“We see year after year that there are casualties, that people are injured in their legs and arms,”…
Belgium’s Romanians poised to propel the far right into power – POLITICO
On Sunday, Romanians vote in crucial parliamentary elections, with polls showing hard-right parties on track to bag a…
Belgium opens war crime probe into Brussels man fighting for Israel in Gaza – POLITICO
The Belgian probe, which was officially opened on Wednesday, comes after an investigation by Palestinian journalist and Bellingcat…
Flanders has a new government – POLITICO
The negotiators will present the coalition agreement to their parties in the coming days. “We have finally reached…
Burkini ban case tossed back to Belgium by top human rights court – POLITICO
The European Court of Human Rights referred the case in which two women complained about the ban on…