THE moment the Belgian Parliament opened last November, the dangerous and complicated language question provoked a new ministerial overturn; and a crisis has been latent ever since. The November ...

At the National Botanical Gardens, office windows are cracked, doors are broken and two greenhouses have collapsed in recent years. The reason for the decrepitude is that the gardens lie in a ...

Belgium has been without a government after parliamentary elections in June failed to produce a workable coalition. The split is between Belgium's two linguistic communities: Dutch-speaking Flanders ...

PLAYING A team sport such as football requires communication between the players. In most national team set-ups the predominant language takes precedence, like English for England, French for France, ...

Belgium spent 19.8 million euros ($29 million) in subsidies on French-language audiovisual production last year, a shade higher than the 19.3 million euros ($28.3 million) in 2006, according to a ...

While many romantics claim that football is a universal language, the truth is that verbal communication is essential to performing at a high level on the pitch. Often at the highest professional club ...

BRUSSELS — In March, the first meeting took place in a new effort to coordinate Belgium’s public support for film production. In a nation addicted to divisions, the response was typically split. Some ...

BRUSSELS — In March, the first meeting took place in a new effort to coordinate Belgium’s public support for film production. In a nation addicted to divisions, the response was typically split. Some ...