Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Newspapers in Belgium

To whomever reads this in Brussels, or really, anywhere in Belgium...

I know there are daily newspapers like Le Soir and De Standaard online as well as the less regular Bulletin and Flanders Today, but do you feel the need for a more regular local newspaper in English? I find that I settle for not knowing what is going on around me rather than look online or try to decipher newspapers in other languages. Yesterday's incident made me realize that if the incident had not happened so close to me, I doubt I would have known about it at all. It really made me realize how little I know about the goings on in the country I live in.

So here's the question: If there was an English language free daily paper, would you pick it up? Read it? Even get it delivered? I'd love to hear any opinions.

4 comments:

  1. Yes!!! I've be living in Ireland, now I'm here in Belgium, I know that my English is not so good, but I'm a little blocked with the french language, and used to think that I knew french, because my mother was married with a french man... But anyway, I would like to have a daily paper in English. For now, the internet supply the informations. You could start it, you write very well!!!

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  2. Hello fellow American expat (well, I'm Portuguese-American, but still). There is an online Belgian newspaper in English you might like to have a look at : http://www.langlophone.com. I have to admit, I don't check it all that much though... I was really interested in Belgian news when I first got here almost 4 years ago, but quickly lost interest with the neverending Prime-Minister saga... sad I know, but come on! There will be new elections in June and the previous (ex)Prime-Minister has been in and out of office how many times? Too soap opera-y...

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