After a record-breaking stint, financial turmoil and debt has finally pushed Belgium's politicians into forming a fragile and diverse coalition government. Out of this bizarre agreement the country's ...

As soon as results from elections in Belgium in June 2010 were known, Elio Di Rupo was tipped to become prime minister. Talks were also expected to be tough: Di Rupo’s Parti Socialiste (PS) had won in ...

When Elio di Rupo was appointed prime minister of Belgium by King Albert II in December, his critics warned he would be the weakest prime minister in Belgian history. The first French-speaking Walloon ...

FAIRFIELD — Benoit Racquet, co-owner of BE Chocolat, has been blending his Belgian homeland with his new home of Connecticut for years — a collaboration that was recently celebrated with a visit from ...

Belgium's record 18-month-long political crisis seemed to be drawing to a close Monday as incoming Socialist prime minister Elio Di Rupo and five coalition partners agreed on a cabinet. King Albert II ...

They do things differently in Belgium. The country has finally chosen a prime minister after 535 days of caretaker government, smashing all previous European and world records. Elio Di Rupo, sworn in ...

A plane carrying parachutists for a skydiving trip crashed in southern Belgium on Saturday, killing all 11 people aboard, officials said. Belgium's King Albert has abdicated after a 20-year reign with ...

FJO wrote that they “read with astonishment Di Rupo’s statement in which criticized in a one-sided manner” Israel’s actions in Gaza. “Proportional use of force does not mean equal exertion of ...

"My life is a fairy tale," Elio Di Rupo said in 2008 Elio Di Rupo, the man named to try to end Belgium's seemingly intractable political crisis, has been grappling with challenges all his life. On one ...

Elio Di Rupo, the man named to try to end Belgium's seemingly intractable political crisis, has been grappling with challenges all his life. On one level, this son of Italian immigrants is living the ...

Elio Di Rupo, the man named to try to end Belgium's seemingly intractable political crisis, has been grappling with challenges all his life. On one level, this son of Italian immigrants is living the ...