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Chip shop owner asked to drop French-sounding name

A chip shop owner in Kortrijk, West Flanders, has been asked by the city’s authorities to drop plans to name his business ‘Frituur Grand Place’ and to give it a more Flemish-sounding name.

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Chelsea legend appointed Antwerp manager

Former Netherlands and Chelsea striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has been named as the new manager of Belgian second division side Royal Antwerp, reports

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10% of Belgium’s gold reserves out on loan

The Belgian Central Bank said yesterday that about 25 tons of the its gold reserves have been lent to bullion banks according to Bloomberg, writes

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AmCham Belgium issues call to action

The American Chamber of Commerce in Belgium this morning released its

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Far-right party steals Thatcher slogan for 2014 election

Far-right party Vlaams Belang has borrowed a Thatcher-era slogan to launch its campaign for the 2014 general election.

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The hatchet man: Jean Quatremer interviewed

Loath though we are to blow our own trumpet, we at The Bulletin remembered that, back in the early 1970s, we called for a “citizen picnic” on the –not-yet-pedestrianised Grand Place, the pur

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Majority want King to remain on the throne

Several surveys, already published or about to be, indicate that a majority of Belgians want King Albert II to remain on the throne.

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Sport is Great Britain… and Belgium too

It’s Saturday afternoon. There is tension but also hope among the spectators. “Can we win?

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Belgium could end tax break for savings

Belgium’s finance minister, Koen Geens, has called for an end to a popular savings tax break, provoking fierce opposition across the political spectrum, writes

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