Belgium may be a small country of just 10.5 million people but it’s home to a powerful media empire that understands its market’s every desire. Monocle meets its co-owner and CEO Christian Van Thillo, who took the helm…
With its beautiful, spacious art nouveau houses and cosmopolitan feel, Saint-Gilles is proving a draw for those looking for fresh pastures.
Atelier Charles Schambourg weaves Toile de Cuir leather and was founded by a former secret-service agent who saw an exquisite business opportunity.
Monocle samples the Belgian city’s top food and drink haunts with a renowned local wine expert.
Antwerp scores highest in the ‘most attractive and interesting city in Belgium’ category. Maybe it has something to do with the dock-lined River Scheldt that gives towering container ships access to the Port of Antwerp –…
Tuesday 21 June
As Belgium celebrated its first anniversary of having no government last week, another divided country finally announced the formation if its Cabinet.
We discuss physical vs online retail, ask why Spanish supermarket Mercadona is still producing jobs, and hear from the Interieur design biennale in Belgium.
Saturday 18 February
This weekend’s highlights include an architecture and urbanism biennale in Hong Kong, Denver duo Tennis’s second album and an Oscar contender from Belgium.
Today, the Bonn conference deciding Afghanistan’s future, Belgium’s new PM, Islamist politics post-Arab Spring, and a new car hire scheme.
Discussion of the EU arms embargo on Syria, we hear about the candidates in Paris’s mayoral election, and get the latest on the diamond heist in Belgium
We ask what François Hollande can do to improve his political popularity, take a look ahead to the South Korean presidential elections, and discuss Belgium’s investigation into the assassination of former Congolese prime…
Tuesday 7 December
Maximising on the midday sun isn’t only a concern for Barcelona seaside holidaymakers looking to get some colour, it’s also being considered a key to keeping energy costs down and curbing climate change 600km west in Spa…
Saturday 2 March
This weekend look out for a Norwegian dance spectacular in Montréal, the art works of a Japanese master in Tokyo, and enjoy live dates by Parisian singer Melody’s Echo Chamber.
Relations between Poland and Russia thaw, the new get-out-of-jail card for pious prisoners in Georgia, plus Malta's version of the World Cup - for nations that don't exist.
Sunday 29 July
It’s not every day you see a giant Brussels sprout the size of a Smart car being carried in an enormous red and white chequered sling by a tiny stork.
Thursday 7 October
“Is there anything French left in your new trains?”
Thursday 17 January
A cautionary tale of what can happen if you love your sat nav a little too much
Monday 25 July
The highlight of the specials on the menu at Fanza, a restaurant in Birobidzhan, the capital of Russia’s Jewish Autonomous Region is wild boar.
Europe is home to three nations that should be successes but instead are failing badly. Over the following pages, we look at their problems – from corruption to constitutional meltdown.
Saturday 10 October
You don’t need to spend too much time outdoors to realise that plucky little Switzerland is currently gearing up for one of its more controversial referendums.
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