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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Don't envy Elio Di Rupo. He may be the new prime minister of Belgium, but he's also a 60-year-old man who has to master a new language or lose his reputation. Maybe even his job. In Di Ripo's case, ...

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"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 ...