As Belgium toys with the idea of allowing mothers to pass on their surnames, is there a way to make naming practices fairer?
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Belgium was one of the 'Friends of Libya' in Paris. But does the prime minister realise that these Libyan 'friends' include a former al-Qaeda fighter?
All is not well in the old world of organisational paternity, job security and economic rationality. But the silver lining is that we have millions of virtual ‘friends’ to feel our pain.
Home-grown terrorism in Norway, a resumption of border controls in Denmark and an increasingly immigration-weary Sweden. Is right-wing politics taking hold in the once-tolerant Nordic countries?
Arab revolutionary fever has spread to Europe as Belgians raise their freedom fries, not to bring down a regime but to ask for one to be formed.
Egypt's 'baksheesh' culture helps poor people get by and maintains relative social peace, but it encourages subservience.
Among the most hated people in Europe, Roma are treated as second-class citizens. Nikolaj Nielsen spent some time with a Roma family.
‘Spurned skydiver murders love rival in Belgium’. Big news in a little country, and a film just waiting to be made.
'Catholic' education thrives in Belgium, but the decision between principle and pragmatism is not easy when choosing a school.
