Popular articles tagged "Belgian Government"
A controversial candidate for the job of councilman in the Brussels municipality of Molenbeek has been forced to step down after journalists dug up his criminal…
Banks are refusing to finance cash-strapped towns in Belgium's French-speaking south as avowed Marxists take power in local government.
A Brussels court has declared the local election in the Brussels municipality of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode invalid on suspicions of fraud.
A public conference on Islamism in schools, scheduled to take place at a Brussels bookstore, has been cancelled after organisers received threats apparently from…
The Belgian Government is said to be giving extra subsidies to old and highly polluting jet engines to help make up for the closing of nuclear power plants.
After 148 days of negotiations, talks to form a government in Belgium have failed.
Costs for an energy island in the North Sea, connecting offshore wind farms, have turned out to be more than three times as high as expected.
Hadja Lahbib, Belgium's newest European Commissioner candidate, has certainly made an impression at her first General Affairs Council meeting of the Council of the…
Belgium's prison system has announced the early release to 139 prisoners in a bid to combat overpopulation in the country's jails.
Politicians in Belgium have become nervous about Hungarian threats to send migrants to the EU capital, with State Secretary for Migration Nicole de Moor, along with…
That negotiations could fail over capital gains tax adds to the financial problems left by an outgoing government noted for its lavish spending.
Belgium's lack of investment in defence has reportedly left NATO allies questioning the country's commitment to security
More than a year and a half into the Qatargate investigation, Belgian judicial authorities are reining in accusations against Moroccan suspects.
Belgian brewers had a lousy 2023 as both consumption and export significantly dropped, despite the country’s reputation as a paragon of beer production.
The entire leadership of one of Belgium's premier Liberal parties have announced their resignation following their defeat in the country's regional, national and…
Tensions are rising at the headquarters of Open Vld, the Liberal party of Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, where the party forced journalists out as bad…
Voting in the Brussels region has been “completely chaotic”, according to Belgian Socialist Bert Anciaux.
A criminal court in Belgium has convicted a 21-year-old Islamist of plotting to assassinate Bart De Wever, President of the N-VA party and Mayor of Antwerp.
Belgian Post Group (Bpost), the country's leading postal service with the Belgian Government as majority shareholder, is refusing to work with Doorbraak, a right-of-centre…
Renew Europe MEP Hilde Vautmans, who leads the list for the Flemish Liberals in the European Parliament elections in June, has denied allegations of misappropriating…
Belgian energy minister Tinne Van der Straeten, of the Green Party, says she will file a lawsuit for alleged defamation against Georges-Louis Bouchez, the President…
Officers of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex have been granted permission to aid the Belgian police with border controls and deportations.
The Belgian Government has acquired 23 office buildings from the European Commission for nearly €1 billion through its sovereign wealth fund SFPIM.
Migrants are useful for menial jobs, according top Belgian justice minister Paul Van Tigchelt. "Who looks after our elderly? Who will lay my water pipe?
A poll in Belgium shows the traditional parties are all in self-defence mode with populist parties on both the hard-right and the hard-left on the rise.
A Brussels mayor has threatened to cut power to a conservative conference taking place in the city.
Ari Epstein, the Chief Executive of the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC), has resigned.
While Europe scrambles to rebuild and strengthen its defence forces, Belgium's troops pose a hefty problem;
A majority in Flanders in the country’s North would like to see the right-wing populist Vlaams Belang party leading the government, according to a newly released…
There is currently "no majority" for the EU's proposed nature restoration law, a member-state official has said.
