Belgium
Tintin guilty of racism? Let the Congolese decide
A Brussels court will decide on 31 May whether to ban a comic from the Tintin series because it is racist. The case is being brought against the book's publishers by a Congolese man who says that "it makes people think that blacks have not evolved". Read what one of our Congolese Observers has to say on the affair...
Two drunk policemen stumble onto the web
Quite a scandal in Belgium after a video of two uniformed policemen, completely drunk, was posted on YouTube. Staggering along the middle of the road before rolling over onto a level crossing, the inebriated pair have been viewed over 670,000 times since they were posted on YouTube a week ago. Read more and see the clip...
Survivor’s photos of Belgium train crash
At least 20 people are feared dead after two trains collided head-on in Halle (southwest Brussels), at 8.30am this morning. See the first photos uploaded to Twitter.
The man who foresaw the Internet…in 1934
Sixty years before its creation, Belgium's very own mad professor, Paul Otlet, envisaged a data exchange system that bore an uncanny resemblance to the internet. Read more...
