It was by that integrity and rare good sense that Belgium was enabled to pass through, without domestic commotion, the crisis of 1848, the rebound of which was felt at Brussels.

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BRUSSELS -- In the midst of Europe's worst economic crisis in generations, Belgium has been without a fully functioning government for more than 530 days . Squabbling Belgian politicians were ...

BRUSSELS, July 8 (Reuters) - A mediator tasked with forming a Belgian government tendered his resignation to the king on Friday, deepening a political crisis that has lasted 13 months. Elio Di ...

Our colleague William Watts over at MarketWatch has a good take on the Belgian political mess. Our beer-swilling buddies who host much of the European Union infrastructure can t seem to form a ...

But then, arguably, Belgium’s politicians have themselves been short of political realism for some years now. The economists and human geographers began the day by challenging the received stereotype ...

Belgium is a two-state federation, which are often unstable, especially if one nation has the upper hand economically,” said Jiri Pehe, a Czech political analyst and director of New York ...

Belgium marks ‘political record’ Belgians claim world record as they mark 249 days without a government with celebrations and protests. Published On 17 Feb 2011 17 Feb 2011 ...

BRUSSELS: After six months of failed attempts to put together a government, Belgium’s political leaders this week take a fresh stab at ending the language-divided nation’s longest-ever crisis ...

But while Belgium’s political vacuum is bad for its international image, it could, paradoxically, be good for the European Union. Under the Lisbon Treaty, which came into force in December, the ...

Belgium will on Saturday break the record for Europe's longest political impasse when it hits 209 days without a government. UK News Website of the Year The Telegraph logo ...

Belgium’s borrowing costs relative to those of Germany are rising at the fastest rate in the euro area as a leadership vacuum undermines efforts to cut the region’s third-biggest debt burden.