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Belgium created huge debts during times when rates were low and generated new debts to service the initial debt. Its debts amounted to about 130% of the GDP in 1992 and were increased to about 108,2% in 2001. [152] This drastic economic policy resulted in deep budget spending cuts, such as cuts to scientific research. [citation needed]
Being of prominent symbolic nature to Brussels and Belgium in general, Manneken Pis is widely used to represent both the city and country (as well as its people) in advertising, branding, tourism and as a national personification. [9] [10] The statue's self-derisive nature also embodies the typical Belgian identity referred to as belgitude ...
Belgian hip-hop started with the rise of Starflam, CNN (a Brussels-based crew) and 't Hof van Commerce in the mid-1990s. The country has also influenced electronic music with a.o. Front 242, Praga Khan (also known as Lords of Acid) and 2 Many DJ's. Belgium is also home to some very popular music festivals such as Tomorrowland, Rock Werchter and ...
Only one minister out of four was Belgian. There were four times as many Dutch people in the administration as Belgians. [8] There was a general domination of the Dutch over the economic, political, and social institutions of the Kingdom; The public debt of the north (higher than the one of the south) had to be supported by the south as well. [8]
Statbel released figures of the Belgian population in relation to the origin of people in Belgium. According to the data, as of 1 January 2021, 67.3% of the Belgian population was of ethnic Belgian origin, and 32.7% were of foreign origin or nationality, with 20.3% of those of a foreign nationality or ethnic group originating from neighbouring ...
Belgium is one of the few monarchies in the world in which hereditary ennoblement still occurs regularly. Hereditary titles are conferred by letters patent, which are issued by the king of the Belgians, co-signed by the minister of foreign affairs. Noble titles can also be granted for life.
One thing Ukraine does have in common with Belgium, though, is a lack of architectural regulation. That’s why high-rises keep appearing in places where they clearly shouldn’t.
Belgium made part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. [147] 1815: 16 June: Battle of Ligny: Napoleon Bonaparte's last victory. 18 June: Battle of Waterloo: final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte. 1820: Publication of J. B. Romberg's A New Picture of Brussels and its Environs [148] 1822: Société Générale founded 1823