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The Royal Belgian Mint is issuing a new €5 coin this week that commemorates the country's first female minister, Margueritte De Riemaecker-Legot, who joined Belgian politics 50 years ago.
Coalition party CD&V have joined with federal opposition parties in rejecting a proposal by Antwerp mayor Bart De Wever to create a special social status for refugees.
Federal minister for work and consumer affairs Kris Peeters and CD&V party president Wouter Beke have revealed that they have received death threats in recent months.
Japan’s foreign ministry on Tuesday appointed former European council president Herman Van Rompuy "ambassador of the haiku", placing the Belgian politician in charge of the promotion of the classi
A former president of Flanders’ socialist party (S.PA) has been found dead by police divers dragging the Albert canal near Hasselt in Limburg province.
Alexander De Croo, the federal minister of development co-operation and communications, has been chosen by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as a Young Global Leader for 2015.
If elections were held today, the French-speaking MR (Reformist Movement) would be the largest party in Brussels, surpassing the PS (Socialist Party).
Ever since Lonely Planet discovered the capital of East Flanders in 2009, there’s no travel guide that hasn’t added Ghent to its list of favourites.
