many of us would have been hard-pressed to find Wallonia on a map. The southern half of Belgium rarely makes our news. But as Wallonians continued to demonstrate against a deal they thought would ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. On a map, Belgium looks like one country but is at least two, and arguably three, divided by language ...

Many in Belgium's Dutch-speaking north regard French-speaking southerners as a work-shy lot trapped in a sclerotic rust belt. They contrast Flanders' entrepreneurial, service-led economy to Wallonia's ...

During the heyday of the industrial revolution, Wallonia became the second most industrialised area in the world after Britain, thanks to its deposits of coal and iron, and was Belgium's richer half.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Wallonia has a knack for both killing and curing people. Guns and drugs play a surprisingly prominent role in the French-speaking region of Belgium. Pharmaceutical companies such as GSK and the ...

During the heyday of the industrial revolution, Wallonia became the second most industrialised area in the world after Britain, thanks to its deposits of coal and iron, and was Belgium's richer half.