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  Brussels - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brussels (Dutch: Brussel, pronounced [brʏsəl]; French: Bruxelles, pronounced [bʁysɛl] in Belgian French and often [bʁyksɛl] by non-Belgian speakers of French; German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium, the French Community of Belgium, the Flemish Community and the main seat of the European Union's institutions.
Brussels is, first of all, a city located in the center of Belgium and is its capital, but it sometimes also refers to the largest municipality of the Brussels-Capital Region.
It was in the Palace complex at the Brussels' Coudenberg, that Charles V in 1555 abdicated.
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 ooBdoo
At this time, for most, the term Flanders is normally taken to refer to either the political, social, cultural and linguistic community (and the corresponding official institution, the Flemish Community), or the geographical area, one of the three regions in Belgium, namely the Flemish region.
The number of Dutch-speaking Flemings in Brussels (region) is estimated to be between 11% and 15% (official figures do not exist as there is no language census and no official subnationality).
Brussels, Antwerp (Antwerpen), Ghent (Gent), Bruges (Brugge), Leuven and Mechelen are the largest cities of Flanders, with populations above or around 100,000.
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 Brussels (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brussels: the capital region of Belgium, and a metonym to refer to the European Union institutions, such as the European Commission
the city of Brussels, one of the 19 municipalities in the above mentioned capital region.
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brussels_(disambiguation)   (141 words)

  
 Brussels - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Brussels (French: Bruxelles, pronounced /bʁysɛl/ in Belgian French and /bʁyksɛl/ in International French ; Dutch: Brussel; German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium, the French Community of Belgium, the Flemish Community and the de facto capital of the European Union.
However, according to a 2001 study by Rudi Janssens, a sociolinguist at the VUB, 8.5% of the Brussels population are native Dutch-speakers and 10.2% have both Dutch and French as a mother tongue.
Brussels is served by Brussels National Airport, located in the nearby Flemish municipality of Zaventem, and by Brussels South Airport, located near Charleroi, some 80km from Brussels.
www.dictionpedia.com /en/Brussels   (2206 words)

  
 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
Brussels (French: Bruxelles, Dutch: Brussel, German: Brüssel) is a major city in Belgium and its capital.
Brussels is first a city located in the center of Belgium, but it sometimes refers to the main municipality of the Brussels-Capital Region.
Brussels is served by Brussels International Airport, located in the municipality of Zaventem, and by Brussels South Airport, located near Charleroi.
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 Belgium Brussels   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Brussels (French : Bruxelles, Dutch : Brussel, German : Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium and isconsidered by many as the capital of the European Union.
Brussels is first of all a city located in the middle of Belgium and its capital, but it sometimes also refers to the largestmunicipality of the Brussels-Capital Region.
Brussels is also the capital of the FrenchCommunity of Belgium (Communauté française Wallonie-Bruxelles in French) and of Flanders ; all Flemish capital institutions are established there: Flemish Parliament, Flemish...
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 More on Brussels -
Brussels (Dutch: Brussel, French: Bruxelles, German: BrГјssel) is the capital of Belgium, the French community of Belgium, the Flemish community and of the European Union.
Brussels is, first of all, a city located in the centre of Belgium and its capital, but it sometimes also refers to the largest municipality of the Brussels-Capital Region.
Brussels is served by Brussels National Airport, located in the municipality of Zaventem, and by Brussels South Airport, located near Charleroi, some 80km from Brussels.
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 Brussels - Wikipedia
Brussels (French Bruxelles, Dutch Brussel) is the capital of Belgium.
The three main institutions of the EU, the European Commission, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament, have their headquarters in Brussels, as do NATO and the Western European Union.
The city, which is geographically situated in the south of Flanders, was mostly Dutch-speaking until the end of the 19th century.
nostalgia.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brussels   (174 words)

  
 Brussels
Brussels (Dutch: Brussel, French: Bruxelles, German: BrГјssel) is the capital of Belgium and is considered by many to be the headquarters of the European Union, as two of its four main institutions have their headquarters in the city.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - All flights from Brussels international airport to London were cancelled until further notice, a spokesman for the airport said on Thursday.
BRUSSELS, Aug 10 (Reuters) - The European Union's aid chief said on Thursday it was vital to restore access for aid to war-battered southern Lebanon, where shortages of basics such as food and medicines were worsening by the day.
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 Belgium:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The capital, Brussels, is officially bilingual, while the majority of its residents speak French and an officially-recognized German-speaking minority is present, in the east of the country.
Brussels, Antwerp (Antwerpen), Ghent (Gent), Charleroi, Liège, Bruges (Brugge) and Namur are the seven largest cities of Belgium, with populations above 100,000
Currently, the Belgium economy is heavily service-oriented and shows a dual nature with a dynamic Flemish part with Brussels as its main multilingual and multi-ethnic centre and a GNP/person which is one of the highest from the European union, and a Walloon economy that lags roughly one quarter behind (in GNP/person).
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 Belgium Information Center - map of belgium
A school building in map belgium Brussels belonging to the public school system, for example, would be regulated by the regional government of Brussels.
However, these figures must be interpreted cautiously, because the most recent linguistic census was taken before 1960, and the mother tongue is not always the same as the language used in public or in official life.
Brussels is officially French-Dutch bilingual, but mostly French speaking; it evolved from a Dutch-speaking place to its current dominantly French character when the Belgian state became independent in 1830.
www.scipeeps.com /Sci-Official_Languages_A_-_C/Belgium.html   (3873 words)

  
 Metropole Hotel Brussels
The Metropole was the name given to the English metropolitan center of the British Empire, i.e., England itself, and in some contexts, specifically London or the London financial district and its small number of corporate and personal constituents who defined thecultural, financial, military, and political character of the Empire as a whole.
Recent work has rejected this and instead has posited that the two were mutually constituitive, so thateach formed simultaneously in relation to the other.
Brussels is also the capital of the FrenchCommunity of Belgium (Communauté française Wallonie-Bruxelles in French) and of Flanders ; all Flemish capital institutions are established there: Flemish Parliament, Flemishhttp:/.
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 Belgium
The major ones are the disagreements concerning nocturnal air traffic routes at the Brussels Airport and the status of the contentious electoral district of Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde.
A school building in Brussels belonging to the public school system, for example, would be regulated by the regional government of Brussels.
In particular, the well-known Grand Place of Brussels or the city hall of Leuven are milestones in the history of art.
www.measuroo.com /eth-B/Belgium.php   (3910 words)

  
 Brussels
BRUSSELS (AFX) - Belgo-Dutch bancassurance group Fortis NV has posted strong second-quarter growth which is \"controlled and sustainable,\" said chief executive Jean-Paul Votron at a press conference today.
BRUSSELS All flights to London Heathrow from Zaventem Airport were cancelled on Thursday due to the high terrorism alert in the UK.
BRUSSELS An application for Belgian citizenship currently takes 18 months to be processed compared with six to nine months prior to the passing of the accelerated Belgian nationality law.
www.governpub.com /Capitals-B/Brussels.php   (2315 words)

  
 Flanders Did You Mean flanders
Somewhere in the 19th century it became commonplace to call the area now known as Flanders, from Maasmechelen to De Panne as "Flanders", including parts of the Duchy of Brabant and the Bishopric of Liège (Belgian Limburg).
At this time, for most, the term Flanders is normally taken to refer to either the political, social, cultural and linguistic community (and the corresponding official institution, the Flemish Community), either the geographical area, one of the three regions in Belgium, namely the Flemish Region.
The number of Flemings in Brussels (region) is estimated to be between 7,5% and 15% (official figures do not exist as there is no language census and no official subnationality).
www.did-you-mean.com /Flanders.html   (2645 words)

  
 Ebook More Info -Kale - Free For You.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Kale (also called Borecole) is a form of cabbage (Brassica oleracea Acephala Group) in which the central leaves do not form a head.
The species Brassica oleracea contains a wide array of vegetables, including broccoli, cauliflower, and Brussels sprouts.
The cultivar Acephala also includes spring greens and collard greens, which are extremely similar genetically.
lmoney.org /en/kale   (1553 words)

  
 List of metro stations of Brussels jerak.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
This list of metro stations of Brussels includes all the underground stations in the Brussels Metro, arranged by line.
The "premetro" (meaning "before the metro") refers to underground tramway sections that are part of the tramway network in Brussels.
Most of the stations listed both have a French and a Dutch name in which case the French name is given first and is separated from the Dutch one by a slash ('/').
www.jerak.org /en/List+of+metro+stations+of+Brussels   (873 words)

  
 Free_university_of_brussels info here at en.50of100e.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The dot coms that two years ago came to disintermediate and destroy these distributors are now "dot gone." In their place are Free University of Brussels software companies that sell e-business functionality to the industry dinosaurs.
The leaders of these software companies are Free University of Brussels distribution executives whose start-ups were Free University of Brussels by the very dinosaurs they now serve.
The Dutch-speaking Vrije Universiteit Brussel The French-speaking Université Libre de Bruxelles This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
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 Flanders jerak.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Institutionally, the Flemish community and region together have their own parliament and government, whereas the region has almost no proper institutions any more, as it was absorbed by the community.
West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen) Independently from the provinces, Flanders has its own local institutions in the Brussels-Capital region, being the Vlaamse GemeenschapsCommissie (VGC), and its municipal antennae (Gemeenschapscentra, community centers for the Flemish community in Brussels).
Main article: Politics of Flanders Many new political parties during the last half century were founded in Flanders: Volksunie (now SPIRIT and New-Flemish Alliance), moderate nationalism; Groen!
www.jerak.org /en/Flanders   (2858 words)

  
 SN - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Screenname, used primarily when referring to AOL services
This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to point directly to the intended page.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/SN   (149 words)

  
 Biotech in Brussels : Organisations
The Brussels Regional Investment Agency, Business Angels Connect, the Participation Fund, the Warranty Fund, Venture Capital providers and business oriented banks offer different possibilities of funding start-ups and fast growing companies.
The Brussels Regional Authorities have created efficient financial mechanisms in order to support the scientific research and the technological development efforts of the companies in the Brussels area : subsidies or interest less loans can be obtained for R&D activities.
Another initiative of the Brussels Regional Authorities is the creation of the Brussels Enterprise Agency (BEA).
biotechinbrussels.com /index.php?id=16   (1456 words)

  
 Flanders Encyclopedia Article @ EconomyTrader.com (Economy Trader)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Flanders now became part of the Kingdom of Belgium, which was recognised by the major European Powers on January 20, 1831.
Here one can also find rougher land, including caves and small gorges.
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www.economytrader.com /encyclopedia/Flanders   (2765 words)

  
 The Ultimate Dutch (disambiguation) - American History Information Guide and Reference
The Ultimate Dutch (disambiguation) - American History Information Guide and Reference
The word Dutch when used alone, has several possible meanings in the English language.
The Dutch language ('Nederlands' in the native tongue), spoken and official language in the Netherlands, Flanders (the Northern part of Belgium), Brussels (the capital of Belgium), La Flandre (the most northern part of the French region Nord-Pas-de-Calais), Sint Maarten, Curaçao, Bonaire, Aruba and Suriname.
www.historymania.com /american_history/Dutch   (259 words)

  
 N1 - Dic.blogopt.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
N1 may refer to a number of roads:
N1, a road in Belgium from Brussels to Antwerp passing Mechelen.
If an article link referred you to this title, you might want to go back and fix it to point directly to the intended page.
dic.blogopt.com /N1   (132 words)

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