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Activists say it’s time to do away with Le Sauvage, a Belgian festival’s traditional blackface character

In Belgium, people have dressed up in blackface at festivals for decades. But in recent years, a push to end the practice is gaining steam.

Syria

If Assad stayed, could Syria ever rebuild from war?

Conflict
Habib, 57, and his daughter Rama, 12, live in the Molenbeek neighborhood of Brussels.

Terrorists in their midst: Residents of a Brussels neighborhood now know

Conflict
This Nov. 16, 2015 photo shows Christmas lights in the municipality of Sint-Jans-Molenbeek (also known as Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, or just Molenbeek) in Brussels. Multiple people were arrested there during weekend searches to find suspects in the Nov. 13 ter

Inside Molenbeek, the troubled Brussels neighborhood linked to terror in Paris

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Belgians, Flemish and Walloon Alike, Protest Against Their Country's Lack of a Federal Government

Worried about a US government shutdown? Take a cue from Belgium

Arts, Culture & Media

Belgium remains without a government

Global Politics

More than 30,000 Belgians took to the streets of the capital on Sunday to send a simple message to politicians: form a government.

Belgium Close To Forming Government

Global Politics

Belgium is on the brink of forming a coalition government after more than 500 days of wrangling. The problem has largely been a north-south divide, one that looks like a microcosm of the north-south divide in the Eurozone.

Politics Affects Belgium’s Music Scene

Arts, Culture & Media

How the language and culture divide is playing out for the musicians in Belgium?

The World

A smelly problem in Brussels’ subway

Global Politics

Brussels is often considered the ‘Capitol of Europe.’ So, you’d think the city’s subway system would reflect the city’s place in the world. As The World’s Clark Boyd reports, many in Brussels find plenty to sniff at when it comes to their Metro system.

The World

De-baptism’ on the rise in Belgium

Global Politics

The Catholic Church in Belgium faces revelations of widespread sexual abuse of children by priests. For many Catholics, the report was the last straw. Many are going so far as to formally leave in a process called �de-baptism.� Clark Boyd reports.