Belgium is no longer for sale - official

ELECTRONIC CAR BOOT SALE, Ebay, has withdrawn an auction for the country of Belgium, Europe, after bidding reached ten million Euros. The ad, placed by an ex-journalist [a PR man, you mean? - Ed], was in protest at the fact that the country still had no government, some 100 days after a general election, reports Ananova.

Bidding started at one Euro and reached 10 million Euros after 26 bids before Ebay removed it from the site. An Ebay spokesman commented: "We can't allow bidding on something virtual or unrealistic. People must be able to buy and sell on Ebay in a neutral way."

Well, Belgium is just about as neutral and anodyne as anyone could wish for, being famous for, err, the saxophone and being very flat. µ

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