Travel editor Peregrin Trip visits the historic Belgian port... Magnificent! Antwerp Central railway station - truly magnificent. What a temple to the glory days of rail travel! Antwerpen Centraal was clearly designed to demonstrate that the latter-day burghers' ambition and civic pride were just as great as their medieval forefathers who built its more ancient and holier compatriot down the...
It is coming up to the anniversary of the day that Belgium's political deadlock started. Nobody has yet noticed. Although not widely known by the rest of the world, in June 2010 due to a deadlock between the elected officials, nobody won the election. In the UK this resulted in the ConDem partnership, in Belgium they decided they could get on perfectly well without anybody in charge. This ap...
Hans Leerdammer was arrested two years ago this month, and has a further four years and six months to run on his sentence. He has asked the Belgian prison service for a larger cell, but they refused, forcing him to go to the courts. The reason Lee...
Following Belgium's long standing failure to form a coalition government, Senator Temmerman (ironically a gynaecologist to trade) has taking the unusual step of urging "spouses of all politicians to desist from sex until an agreement is reached". Despite the extreme nature of such a proposal, there is a precedent for this form of intrusive measure having some success. In 2009, a similar ban wa...
A retired Belgian mountaineer, expert on voles and author of seminal study "A Longtitudinal Comparison of the Old Thatched Barns of Holland and Belgium" experienced a significant degree of surprise yesterday, while he was examining a Dutch barn durin...
Belgium is facing mounting social unrest as a result of its continuing political crisis. 7 months since the country last voted, political parties are still unable to form a government and are currently considering a proposal about what might be the b...
Belgium has declared war on Britain, effective from lunchtime today. The Belgian government has expressed its ire at the fact that Britain consumes a disproportionate amount of Stella Artois and fine Belgian chocolate, leaving little for the Belgian'...
Fryanair passengers diverted from Beauvais (F) to Belgium because of fog refused to leave the plane today because they were enjoying the comfort too much. The flight was full with French passengers having a grand time paying extortionate prices fo...
YouTube viral advert creator, Tom Dickenson, has been contacted by the Belgian government to help with their dead. Due to a lack of space for cremation or burial within their borders, the Belgians wondered "Will they blend"? Dickenson is famous fo...
Several raids were carried out last Thursday by Belgian police seeking to gather evidence as part of their investigation into allegations of priestly sexual abuse. Documents and computers were confiscated, bishops were held for questioning, and even...
Belgium has become a member of the elite space club today, when it launched its first rocket into orbit around the earth. The space mission is seen as an important step in the European Space Program's efforts to seek out extraterrestrial life. T...
Belgium has balls and to prove it they are the first European country to ban that ugly piece of cloth covering many Muslim women's faces in public, the Burka! This headscarf (and other things) has caused controversy ever since Europe was invaded b...
Haitian after-quakes have struck Liege Belgium, causing the collapse of an apartment block in the middle of the city. The authorities there measured force 7 on the Richter scale as the apartment block just disintegrated. Belgian Seismologists w...
Psychologists had predicted a drop in the number of incidents of spousal abuse following news that stocks of Strong Belgian beer were becoming scarce. The beer is being held up by strike action, and the problem has been exacerbated in the UK due to...
For years Wales dominated the heady world of measurement scales for very large objects and things, but in recent times a new pretender to the throne has grown in stature - Belgium. Whenever newsreaders or scientists wanted to draw comparisons betw...
Almost 50 years since the Liverpool based music combo, The Beatles rocked the world to it's very musical foundations, Belgium has finally caught the bus too. Beatlemania is finally starting to get a grip. "I thought it was an Oasis tribute band...
Incoming news appears to suggest that the small European country of Belgium, has gone totally off the rails, and is nowhere near as good as it used to be. Warnings coming in suggest that the small country, once renowned for the port of Ostend, wit...
Get Spoof News in your email inbox!
We use cookies to give you the best experience, this includes cookies from third party websites and advertisers.
