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Belgium was subsequently established as an independent Kingdom. [17] According to Flemish and Walloon nationalists, it was established as a ‘buffer state’ to check the ambitions of France. [18] Wallonia and Flanders did not exist in 1830. The National Congress of the Kingdom chose a German prince, Leopold I of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, as the Head ...
Following the 2024 Belgian federal and regional elections, Government formation talks began on 10 June.Incumbent Prime Minister Alexander De Croo has announced his resignation [1] and his party's leader Tom Ongena has declared that Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats would not be a part of the next federal government.
King Leopold II, whose rule of the Congo Free State was marked by severe atrocities, violence and major population decline.. Even before his accession to the throne of Belgium in 1865, the future king Leopold II began lobbying leading Belgian politicians to create a colonial empire in the Far East or in Africa, which would expand and enhance Belgian prestige. [2]
An investigation is underway into the cause of the accident. Firefighters and rescue dogs labored through the night after Friday’s accident to pull out the victims one by one, while the ...
State reform, in the context of Belgium, is the ongoing process of seeking and finding constitutional and legal solutions to the problems and tensions in the different segments of the Belgian population, mostly between the Dutch-speakers of Flanders and the French-speakers of Wallonia.
Cabinet negotiations continued for a long time. On 1 June 2011, Belgium matched the record for time taken to form a new democratic government after an election, at 353 days, held until then by Cambodia in 2003–2004. [1] On 11 October 2011, the final agreement for institutional reform was presented to the media.
Princess Elisabeth is going to Harvard. In the famous words of Elle Woods: What, like it's hard? The heir to the Belgian throne, who turned 22 this past October, will attend Harvard University ...
The 2008–2009 Belgian financial crisis is a major financial crisis that hit Belgium from mid-2008 onwards. Two of the country's largest banks – Fortis and Dexia – started to face severe problems, exacerbated by the financial problems hitting other banks around the world.