The novel ‘War and Turpentine’ continues to be a hit abroad. The author Stefan Hertmans has now also won the Spycher Literature Prize in Leukerbad, Switzerland.
On 14 June, Philippe Geluck received the insignia of Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters from the French Ambassador to Belgium, Claude-France Arnould.
Following on from Mons, our country can once again make preparations for a European Capital of Culture. Exactly which Belgian city will receive this honour is as yet unknown.