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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Flanders

Flanders stories: 8 news summaries

Belgian Gov't Collapses After Just 4 Months

PM's resignation sparks new fears that country may split

Jul 15, 08 8:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Belgium's fragile five-party coalition government collapsed last night after only four months in power. Yves Leterme, the prime minister, submitted his resignation to the king after failing to resolve several longstanding disputes between the French- and Dutch-speaking regions of Belgium. The fall of the Leterme government plunges the country into... More »

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Belgium • Yves Leterme • Flanders • King Albert • coalition government

Belgium Breaks Impasse, Forms New Govt.

Deal reached after 9-month crisis that almost split the nation

Mar 18, 08 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - It took 9 months of negotiations and threatened to break the country in two, but Belgium's fractious Dutch- and French-speaking political parties struck a deal today to form a new coalition government and work toward shared priorities. Yves Leterme, the leader of the Flemish center-right party that won the June... More »

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Belgium • Yves Leterme • Flanders • King Albert • Guy Verhofstadt • coalition government

A Belgian Government, at Last

Late-night deal puts defeated PM in charge of interim coalition

Dec 19, 07 10:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Six months after inconclusive elections, Belgium will finally get a new government, thanks to a deal struck overnight. The emergency administration, to be led by "outgoing" prime minister Guy Verhofstadt, will include five parties from both French- and Dutch-speaking Belgium and will only govern until March 23, when the... More »

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Belgium • Yves Leterme • Flanders • Guy Verhofstadt • Wallonia • interim government

It's All Greek to Miss Belgium

Beauty queen is no Dutch treat; caretaker PM tries to mend government

Dec 17, 07 2:28 PM CST
(Newser) - The new Miss Belgium sparked fury in Flanders this weekend with her admission that she doesn't speak Dutch, AFP reports. In a country already torn over the Flemish-French conflict that's derailed the government for months, 20-year-old Alizee Poulicek's attempt to speak the language of the country's majority was met with... More »

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Belgium • Netherlands • beauty pageant • language • Flanders • Guy Verhofstadt • Alizee Poulicek

PM-Elect Quits As Belgian Crisis Deepens

Kingdom edges nearer to split as Leterme walks out

Dec 2, 07 2:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Belgians awoke today to a fresh political crisis: last night Yves Leterme, the putative PM-elect of last summer's inconclusive elections, abandoned his attempts to form a coalition. Leterme submitted his resignation to the king after an ultimatum issued to other party leaders fell on deaf ears, the Observer reports, and... More »

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Belgium • Yves Leterme • Flanders • King Albert

Flemish Recycling Runs to Chicken Feed

Flanders pioneers pay-as-you-dispose policy, reuse centers

Sep 26, 07 5:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Belgian region of Flanders is attracting international attention with novel recycling schemes that include reuse centers, pay-per-bag garbage collection, and omnivorous chickens. The Russians, the Chinese and the British have come calling to see how Flanders has managed to hold its total waste generation steady even as its population... More »

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China • Russia • Belgium • recycling • steam • Flanders • Britain • chickens • reuse

Franco-Flemish Split Widens
in Belgium

66% of Belgians believe the nation will break apart sooner or later

Sep 21, 07 5:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tensions in Belgium over whether the country should be split in half have reached a crescendo, with 3-month-old elections still unsettled and Flemish separatist politicians calling for a divorce, the New York Times reports. "We are two different nations with nothing in common except a king, chocolate, and beer,... More »

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Belgium • Brussels • nationalism • Flanders • Walloon

With No New Government, Belgium Edges Towards Split

Still no compromise 3 months after election

Sep 11, 07 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's been 3 months since Belgians went to the polls, and their binational kingdom still has no government. Yves Leterme, the winner of June's elections, has been unable to form a coalition in parliament. Now the king has been forced to step in, and the perennial question of whether Belgium... More »

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Belgium • Yves Leterme • Flanders • Walloon • King Albert • split • coalition government

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