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Belgium has an interim minority government to deal with the corona crisis. The emergency has exacerbated the division in the country. Will Belgium fall apart, or is it actually a laboratory for Europe?
Calling Kortrijk a hidden pearl along the River Lys might be too much honour. Yet there are numerous treasures to be found.
Hind Fraihi warns us of the growing influence of ‘a second generation of Salafist organizers’.
In the search to find a cure for the Coronavirus, The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation has sent 15,000 medicinal molecules to the Rega Institute in Leuven.
Jozef Deleu is the personification of the self-confident, critical, tolerant and self-willed Fleming.
Was the Dutch writer really such an anti-colonial rebel? And what about his preference for young girls?
Derek Blyth urges you to visit the old-fashioned pubs of Flanders, while you still have the chance.
Whoever visits the Netherlands, can't ignore them. Sooner or later you walk into one of the 550 Hema shops to buy a bicycle bell, sandwich or stapler. The brand is as Dutch as the tulip.
The Museum of Natural Sciences in Brussels is a must-see for every single person who cherishes our planet.
Flanders and the Netherlands are fertile ground for the collaborative economy because they are densely populated and very connected. But is it a success?
Hind Fraihi suggests a digital detox. ‘Why not try a Digital Free Month to drastically free ourselves from social media?’
How do we have to treat books that have fallen out of favour or have become taboo due to a changing Zeitgeist and more progressive perceptions?
