Flanders, the far right and Facebook. That was the cocktail that helped the Belgian party Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest) stage a surprise sorpasso in last weekend’s “triple election” to the federal, ...

Only 18 percent of native Flemish Belgians consider Muslim values to be compatible with their way of life, according a survey on integration released Tuesday. The study — commissioned by Flemish ...

The results of Belgium's local elections has brought victory in the northern Flanders region to the conservative and nationalist but democratic New Flemish Alliance. This represents the transformation ...

WEMMEL, Belgium Most of the families living in this well-to-do community on the outskirts of Brussels are French-speaking. But the law for this region of Belgium says that all official town business ...

N-VA leader and Mayor of Antwerp, Bart De Wever. Wikimedia commons. Some rights reserved. A markedly conciliatory note was struck by New Flemish Alliance leader Bart ...

BRUSSELS, Belguin — Right-wing Flanders leader Bart De Wever has disowned Flemish nationalist collaboration with the Nazis in World War II, still a hugely sensitive issue in a sharply divided Belgium.

The court ruled that any containers exiting the Port of Antwerp will face a penalty of €50,000 per container, up to a total of €5 million, in a move celebrated by BDS NGOs across Belgium. The Flemish ...

The New Flemish Alliance's triumph in parliamentary elections on June 13 is the latest evidence of the rise of separatist currents in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium. France24.com takes a ...