Bruges, Belgium News

Bruges is a fairy-tale city. It was founded over thousand years ago. Take a boat ride on the canals.

This week we received some sobering news about the economy, word that the countrya s unemployment has hit its highest rate in 26 years.

Olivier Denis, Carl Suetens, 1 Marie Hallin, Boudewijn Catry, Ilse Ramboer, Marc Dispas, Glenda Willems, Bart Gordts, Patrick Butaye, and Marc J. Struelens Author affiliations: Universit Libre de Bruxelles Hpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium ; Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels ; Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Brussels ; and ...

The company's shares were taken out of trading at the request of the board consisting of just the chairman and the chief executive officer because of "differences in opinion between the board members". Artilium, which announced in April that it had partnered with Microsoft on a mobile telephone application project, said in a regulatory statement ...

Tom Hodgkinson's portrayal of the Middle Ages as an anti-capitalist paradise in which trade was undertaken according to principles of comradeship and justice is not even close to accurate .

Saint-Tropez too pricey? Amalfi too busy? The Costas too hot? The Dalmatian coast too trendy? If you're looking for a quiet and scenic stretch of continental sand, look no further than the Flemish coast.

Sunday, 4pm - THE Journal visited six countries in nine days with Malcolm Edwards and Fiona Ball of Sunningdale, Grantham.

A sponsored walk to Brussels has resulted in a double celebration for the Rotary Club of Colchester Forum.

Blackburn Rovers manager Sam Allardyce has made South Africa international Elrio van Heerden his first signing of the summer.

Paris, London, Rome - when we dream of that first European vacation, these are the destinations that top the list.

Within its walls was signed the Pacification of Ghent , an attempt to unite the Lowlands provinces against Spain.

Royal Jordanian Airlines and Belgiumbased MK Airlines have signed an agreement to develop airfreight services through Jordan and the Levant region.

A man has been jailed for a year by a Belgian court for harassment after sending almost 200 emails and letters of complaint to local authorities.

Many tourists take boat tours on Bruges\' canal network, which earned the city the nickname \'Venice of the North.\' \n During the Middle Ages, the Belfry was a prominent sign of merchant class power.

The Grote Markt was thronged with international tourists. In their midst were tour guides, easily spotted by the closed umbrellas, colourful flags and a bright red balloon that they held overhead.

For 10 of her 14 years, Briana Rohrer of Big Pool has been twirling a baton. That talent earned her a chance to compete in the National Baton Twirling Association World Championships in April in Ghent, Belgium.

One can only guess what the Bruges tourism board must think of a film that describes their city like this: "If I'd grown up on a farm and was retarded, Bruges might impress me, but I didn't, so it doesn't." Colin Farrell's character Ray provides that very description in the action-comedy In Bruges, which depicts the Belgian town as a tourist-ridden ...

THE CAPITAL has been named as one of the friendliest cities in the world by users of an international travel advice website.

Teseda Corporation, a leading provider of comprehensive scan-based diagnostic and debug solutions for semiconductor debug, failure analysis and yield improvement announce a strategic partnership with Q-Star Test nv., of Brugge, Belgium.

Tom De Sutter's goals have helped RSC Anderlecht keep pace with R. Standard de LiA ge at the top of the Belgian league, but the 23-year-old says the golden shoe will only be "a nice extra" should Les Mauves claim their 30th title.