Belgium
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13 December 20115PresseuropLe Soir
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Belgium
A government, it’s a start
6 December 20113PresseuropDe Standaard -
Debt crisis
Savers rally to patriotic call
29 November 20114PresseuropPresseurop -
Debt Crisis
Belgium under the tutelage of Brussels?
23 November 20112PresseuropDe Morgen -
Pollution
A time bomb under the Northern seas
16 November 20112Trouw Amsterdam -
14 October 20114PresseuropLe Soir
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Press review
Belgium is dead, long live Belgium!
12 October 20111Presseurop -
7 October 20111PresseuropDe Standaard
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Press review
Dexia – the bomb in the Eurozone
5 October 20112Presseurop -
Banks
Dexia on the brink
4 October 2011PresseuropDe Morgen -
15 September 20112PresseuropDe Standaard
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Belgium
Leterme finds asylum at the OECD
14 September 2011PresseuropDe Morgen -
1 September 20111PresseuropLe Soir
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30 August 2011PresseuropDe Morgen
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29 August 20113NRC Handelsblad Rotterdam
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Belgium
Rise in assisted deaths
23 August 2011PresseuropLe Soir -
ROAD TRANSPORT
Keep on truckin' ... if you're Belgian
18 August 2011PresseuropDe Morgen -
Belgium
Last chance for talks
16 August 2011PresseuropLe Soir -
Debt crisis
Europe reacts
12 August 20111PresseuropLa Vanguardia -
Belgium
King’s speech ends deadlock
22 July 2011PresseuropDe Standaard -
Belgium
28,000 immigrants regularised
19 July 2011PresseuropDe Standaard -
15 July 2011La Libre Belgique Brussels
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8 July 2011PresseuropDe Morgen
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Infrastructures
Holes in the great train network
6 July 20111La Stampa Turin -
5 July 2011Presseurop
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27 June 2011L’Avenir Namur
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Belgium
We need a velvet divorce
21 June 20118De Volkskrant Amsterdam -
Belgium
One year later… for nothing
13 June 20118Presseurop -
8 June 20111PresseuropPresseurop
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Political fiction
Onwards to Europe 2.0
30 May 20117Die Welt Berlin -
Theatre
New talent comes from the East
27 May 2011Polityka Warsaw -
Belgium
East European gangs still strong
26 May 20111PresseuropDe Standaard -
24 May 2011PresseuropDe Standaard
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Museums
Antwerp bets on the MAS
20 May 2011De Morgen Brussels -
17 May 2011PresseuropLe Soir
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Belgium
Stalemate, the only show in town
13 May 2011PresseuropLe Soir -
Debt crisis
A respite for Belgium
9 May 2011PresseuropLe Soir -
Debate
Transatlantic populism
6 May 20114De Morgen Brussels -
Internet
Crime spreads on the web
5 May 20112PresseuropLa Voix du Luxembourg -
Belgium-Netherlands
Common army to battle budgetary crisis?
5 May 20111PresseuropDe Standaard -
Monarchies
Noblesse oblige
28 April 2011PresseuropDer Freitag -
22 April 20112PresseuropDe Morgen
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21 April 2011PresseuropDe Standaard
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Belgium-Spain
Indebted states feel increased market heat
19 April 2011PresseuropDe Standaard -
European Institutions
The wild world of lobbyists
7 April 20113România libera Bucharest -
7 April 20112PresseuropLa Libre Belgique
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5 April 2011PresseuropDe Morgen
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4 April 2011PresseuropDe Standaard
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25 March 20111PresseuropLe Soir
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24 March 2011PresseuropDe Morgen
The seas around Europe are threatened by a new source of pollution. Thousands of tonnes of chemical weapons will corrode and start to leak. In the Baltic, the possible consequences are being investigated. 
On 11 October, after 485 days without a government, Elio Di Rupo — who will likely be Belgium’s next prime minister — and his Flemish and Francophone partners presented a global agreement on state reforms. The compromise deal, which has been viewed as heaven sent, will stabilise the country and pave the way for an end to its long-drawn out political crisis. 
Weakened by its toxic financial arrangements, the Franco-Belgian bank is on the brink. For some, this could usher in a series of bank failures throughout Europe. For others, it is above all the credibility of member states that is at stake. 
The opera, The Mute Girl of Portici, has been a symbol of Belgian unity since 1830. But to see it staged today, you have to go to Paris, because in Brussels it could arouse political controversy. 
The European Commission has identified ten rail infrastructure projects as a priority, aiming to facilitate the flow of passengers and merchandise, all the while accelerating European integration. An ambition that is facing political and public opposition. 
Thirteen months after the last elections, the francophone Elio Di Rupo has put forward his proposals to unblock the political stalemate. It’s one step forward, says the Belgian press, but the country's future is still not guaranteed. 
In 1992, Czechoslovakia separated peacefully into two countries. Today neither Czechs nor Slovaks regret the decision. Maybe it's time Belgium did the same thing, says De Volkskrant’s Central and Eastern Europe correspondent. 
On 13 June 2010, Belgians went to the polls to elect a double majority: Flemish nationalists in the north, and Socialists in the south. Ever since, and in spite of numerous political initiatives, the country has remained without a government. The Belgian press reports on a sombre anniversary. 
Forget the nation-state: Europe would be much better off if it were fundamentally reorganised – into powerful regions in the north and the Alps and picturesque bankrupts in the south 
Europe has lost six great names in the performing arts, but their succession is assured by a new generation of directors, most of whom hail from Central and Eastern Europe. 
Inaugurated on 17 May, Antwerp’s new metropolitan museum has become a talking point for its architecture. But will it, as its designers have hoped, bring lasting change to the Flemish city? Planner and columnist Filip Canfyn is not convinced. 
The rise of populist parties on the Old Continent seems to echo the success of the Tea Party in the United States. But the two movements have different histories, writes the Boston correspondent for De Morgen. The result, though, is the same: governments threatened with paralysis. 
The recent scandal surrounding MEPs who allowed themselves to be corrupted by journalists posing as lobbyists has lifted the veil on the often ambiguous relationships between representatives of interest groups and European institutions.