Flemish Movement: Language legislation in Belgium, History of Belgium, Flanders, Partition of Belgium
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Brussels - He is seen as the master of the back room deal: Herman Van Rompuy, Belgium's 62-year-old prime minister, politician, philosopher and prolific author of Dutch poems in the Japane...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The trial of Genocide suspect Ephraim Nkezabera, nicknamed the "Banker to the Genocide", yesterday began in Belgium but in his absence as a result of an alleged terminal illness.
Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
"“More money is coming from the Gulf than is coming from the drug trade to the Taliban,” Mr Holbrooke told journalists at Nato headquarters in Brussels. He didn’t identify the countries where the sympathisers were donating from, but nations located on the Persian Gulf include Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Iraq. " (thanks Adeel)
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
EU LEADERS remain deadlocked over the nomination of the first full-time president of the European Council as former Soviet bloc states resist a “coronation” of Belgian prime minister Herman Van Rompuy.
Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The trial of a former Rwandan bank director charged with helping fund the 1994 Rwanda genocide will go ahead despite his absence due to ill health, a Belgian court ruled Tuesday.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
BRUSSELS -- NATO leaders expect member states to commit more troops to train Afghanistan's expanding security forces at a meeting of alliance military representatives this month, officials said Tuesday.
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Maverick Maori Party MP Hone Harawira says he is willing to pay back some of the taxpayers' money used to fund him attending parliamentary business which he skipped away from to see Paris.His decision to leave Brussels and instead...
CubeMe (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Thomas Bercy and Calvin Chen who have created the Bercy Chen Studio LP have found Texas the perfect venue for architects from far-flung places whom have come together to create a powerful design identity. Since 2001, Bercy (from Brussels) and Chen (from Taipei) have used Austin, Texas as their home base and muse for a [...]
SmallCapVoice (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
OTTAWA, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 11/09/09 — Wind Works Power Corp. (OTCBB: WWPW)(FRANKFURT: R5E1)(WKN: AOKE72) is pleased to announce that they have signed an option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in Honelles, a 10 megawatt wind energy project located in Belgium. In consideration for the 100% interest, Wind Works will make an initial cash [...]
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Wind Works Power Corp. (OTCBB: WWPW)(FRANKFURT: R5E1)(WKN: AOKE72) is pleased to announce that they have signed an option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in Honelles, a 10 megawatt wind energy project located in Belgium. In consideration for the 100% interest, Wind Works will make an initial cash payment of $100,000 on January 15, 2010 and a further cash payment of...
EU Referendum (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Twenty eight years and 91 days, the Berlin Wall lasted. But today, on the 20th anniversary of its fall, we are but days away from the erection of a new wall, with the coming into force of the Lisbon Treaty on 1 December. The most difficult thing we confront is the fact that the wall is invisible – it exists in the "hearts and minds" of our rulers, who have erected near-impenetrable...
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Sarafand mourns villager stabbed to death in BelgiumSIDON: The village of Sarafand laid to rest on Saturday a 40-year-old native of the village who was murdered last week at his restaurant in Belgium. Mohammad Younes, the sound of the village’s mukhtar, Kazem Younes, was remembered as an upstanding man who had left Lebanon 17 years earlier. Younes was stabbed to death by a Palestinian-Syrian...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
EU president Fredrik Reinfeldt sounds out fellow leaders over choices for president of the European council and EU foreign secretary European leaders launch a week of summitry tomorrow consumed by secret wrangling over who should get the two top jobs in the EU created by the union's new rulebook. Fredrik Reinfeldt, the Swedish prime minister and current EU president, has been sounding out fellow leaders...
Diplomatic Blogoir (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Some key points about the scramble for the top EU jobs which you will not read about in the media. The Lisbon Treaty creates two new roles : President of the European Council ('President of Europe'); and High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy ('EU Foreign Minister'). But with these jobs come all sorts of other jobs and roles and reorganisations and opportunities for long-term patronage....
EU Referendum (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Although blogging is somewhat difficult at the moment, I really cannot resist a belated comment on the EU presidency charade, and in particular the Guardian report . It notes that, while the "ideal appointment" has been suggested as "someone who could stop the traffic in Beijing", with the emergence of the Belgian prime minister, Herman Van Rompuy, as frontrunner, "Europe"...
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bharatbook | 10/28/2009
Bharatbook.com included a new report on "Baby food in Belgium to 2012" which gives future direction of the baby food market in Belgium with reliable historical data and full five year forecasting. Baby food in Belgium to 2012 This databook is a detailed information resource covering all the key data points on Baby food in Belgium. It includes comprehensive value volume segmentation and market share
patrickguillard | 09/02/2009
On 19 June 2009 a workshop on the rules on Cohesion Policy investments in energy efficiency and renewable energies in the residential sector was organised in Brussels by the European Commission.
steven_whittaker | 08/25/2009
Watch Anderlecht vs Lyon live at LivefootballStreams from The Champions League Qualifying Round – 2nd Leg. It will take one of the biggest turn-arounds in football history for RSCA to qualify with a 5-1 hammering in the 1st leg in France. Anderlecht would need to win by 4 goals at least to knock out Lyonnais at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium in Brussels. The home side must face this daunting task...
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