A nationwide strike on Monday disrupted bus, tram and domestic rail travelers and led to the cancellation of all high-speed international train service in Belgium.

The growing crisis has underlined the difficulty of taking concerted action in Europe because its economies are far more integrated than its governing structures.

Customs officers at the Brussels airport seized more than two million counterfeit pills that were made in India and destined for Africa, officials said.

In its escalating dysfunction Belgium demonstrates the inextricable link between culture and nationhood.

King Albert II asked three seasoned politicians to help him resolve a constitutional crisis that threatens to split 6.5 million Dutch speakers and 4 million Francophones.

Prime Minister Yves Leterme has offered to resign after failing to broker a deal between the country?s two main linguistic groups.

The $52 billion sale would create the world?s largest brewer, uniting American and Belgian beer giants.

The sale would create the world?s largest brewer, uniting the maker of Budweiser and Michelob with the producer of Stella Artois, Bass and Brahma.

Traces of a feminist movement that began in the 13th century can be found across the country in enclaves where Roman Catholic women once lived.

Sixty years after the Holocaust, Europe still may not have learned to accept outsiders.