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A food fight has broken out between France and Belgium — as the countries bicker over who really invented the French fry. French newspaper Le Figaro published a story last week with the headl… ...
Leclercq, however, claimed the Belgian origin is “not plausible” — explaining that potatoes weren’t introduced in the region until 1735, and that even then, it would have been unlikely for ...
WEMMEL, Belgium Most of the families living in this well-to-do community on the outskirts of Brussels are French-speaking. But the law for this region of Belgium says that all official town ...
Here are five of Belgium's most charming villages that take you back in time. Durbuy is often called the smallest town in the ...
Belgium's French-speaking region is single-handedly blocking an EU trade deal. Makes M4 assault rifle. Image source, Getty Images. Wallonia does, though, produce a lot of weapons and medication.
Belgium’s 180-year history contains many of the seeds of today’s difficulties. French-speakers in Wallonia dominated the country for much of the last century.
The French-speaking Belgian region called Wallonia is holding up Europe's free-trade agreement with Canada. CETA, or The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, would reduce or eliminate ...
Belgium is unable to sign off on a landmark EU-Canada free trade deal after French-speaking Wallonia and other regional administrations refused to give the federal government the go-ahead, Prime ...
Belgium's southern Wallonia region, which briefly blocked an EU-Canada trade deal in 2016, said Monday it was "totally opposed" to Europe's new trade pact negotiated with South America's Mercosur ...
Belgium's French-speaking region is single-handedly blocking an EU trade deal. Makes M4 assault rifle. Image source, Getty Images. Wallonia does, though, produce a lot of weapons and medication.