As the main news channel of the
Flemish national broadcasting company
VRT, VRT NWS is
government funded, but its editors operate independently. VRT NWS is the main provider of audio-visual news in
Dutch-speaking Belgium, with only one private company offering a comparable service. The VRT NWS website offers text articles all contemporary news, but also aims to provide more in depth-analyses as well as general background information. In addition to this content, the website also places a lot of stress on historical remembrance, with entire sections of its homepage dedicated to, for example, the events of
World War I and
II. VRT NWS targets a very broad audience with easily digestible texts and, together with
De Standaard and
De Morgen, cater to a large part of the Flemish population. == Reception ==