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  Belgium - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Belgium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In the later 19th century the Belgian king Leopold II acquired the Congo Free State (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo; formerly known as Zaire) as his personal fiefdom, and this was recognized by the other European powers in 1885.
Meanwhile the remains of the Belgian army were stationed on the extreme left of the Allied front, having withstood severe fighting at the Battle of the Yser.
Belgian forces cooperated with the British and US armies, and by early November the whole of Belgium was liberated, following the end of the final German resistance at Zeebrugge and south of the River Scheldt.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Belgium   (4427 words)

  
 Politics of Belgium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Politics of Belgium takes place in a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic monarchy, whereby the Prime Minister of Belgium is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
Politics is influenced by lobby groups, such as trade unions and business interests in the form of the Federation of Enterprises in Belgium.
His main political function is to designate a political leader to form a new cabinet after an election or the resignation of a cabinet.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Belgium   (4713 words)

  
 Belgium - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Politics is strongly influenced by powerful lobby groups, such as trade unions, and business interests in the form of the Federation of Enterprises in Belgium.
Both the Dutch spoken in Belgium and the Belgian French have minor differences in vocabulary and semantic nuances from the varieties spoken in France and the Netherlands.
Belgians have a reputation for loving waffles and French fries, both originally from Belgium; the national food is steak (or mussels) with French fries.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/b/e/l/Belgium.html   (3919 words)

  
 A Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union --S--
Like his friend Alcide de Gasperi, Robert Schuman based his political beliefs on Catholicism, was bicultural (he was educated in Germany but brought up in Lorraine, which was returned from Germany to France in 1919) and is regarded as one of the founding fathers of the EU.
Returning to Belgian politics as foreign minister, he crossed swords repeatedly with President Charles de Gaulle, notably over de Gaulle's veto of Britain's membership of the EEC in 1963 and the subsequent French boycotting of Community institutions.
In 1996 (in a case on employment conditions) the advocate-general opined that it would be 'illusory' to expect member states to achieve harmonisation better than the Community - an interpretation that ruled out the application of subsidiarity across a broad range of policies, including the single market.
www.euro-know.org /dictionary/s.html   (9861 words)

  
 Links & Sources - The Belgian Pop & Rock Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The form is a series of 10 chapters (almost essays) on various topics, such as independent record labels, the media, the government, one-hit wonders, Belgians abroad etc...
Belgian weekly magazine that was one of the first to really give some serious attention to Rock Music.
Another magazine which occasionaly features articles on Belgian (and of course international) music (especially when Jacky Huys, who died in 1998, was still writing for the magazine).
houbi.com /belpop/links.htm   (2446 words)

  
 EU hails Belgian green light for beleaguered constitution - EUbusiness - EU law, politics and finance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Institutions » EU hails Belgian green light for beleaguered constitution
EU hails Belgian green light for beleaguered constitution
The European Commission hailed Thursday Belgium's approval of the European Union's draft constitution, while admitting that the charter's fate remained "uncertain" after French and Dutch "no" votes.
www.eubusiness.com /Institutions/060209131150.201jodac   (359 words)

  
 spinster . spinsterblog
First a blog about internet culture, art, politics and other random stuff.
Scrapedfeeds is an online application that aggregates news (creates RSS and XML feeds) from a selection of sites that don't have such feeds of their own (yet).
Including a selection of Belgian newspapers like De Morgen.
www.spinster.be /blog/archives/archive_2004-m02.php   (360 words)

  
 Belgium encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, Belgium politics and officials, Belgian History. Travel to Belgium
Belgium encyclopedia : Cultural Information, Maps, Belgium politics and officials, Belgian History.
The capital, Brussels, is officially bilingual, while the majority of its residents speak French, and an officially-recognised German-speaking minority is present in the east of the country.
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www.belgiumiworld.com   (313 words)

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