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Histoire de Belgique ( French; lit. 'History of Belgium') is a seven-volume survey of the Belgian history by the historian Henri Pirenne (1862–1935) written in French and published between 1900 and 1932. The series, which traces the emergence of the Belgian nation-state from the Roman era until the start of World War I, is a classic of ...
The partition of Belgium is a hypothetical situation, which has been discussed by both Belgian and international media, envisioning a split of Belgium along linguistic divisions, with the Flemish Community ( Flanders) and the French-speaking Community ( Wallonia) becoming independent states. Alternatively, it is hypothesized that Flanders could ...
Maurice Maeterlinck. Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck[ 1][ a] (29 August 1862 – 6 May 1949), also known as Count (or Comte) Maeterlinck from 1932, [ 6] was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but wrote in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911 "in appreciation of his many-sided literary ...
The Miss Maurice was happened for the first time in 2016 by Estrella Mauritius organization. The pageant is a new face in Mauritius after Miss Mauritius pageant existed for long in the country. The Estrella Mauritius aims to be a platform for young women and to promote the Mauritian flair and beauty. [2] [3]
Les plus grands Belges (French for "The Greatest Belgians"), is a television show that aired in 2005 on the Belgian French-speaking public channel RTBF. [1] [2] In the program the audience could vote for the greatest Belgian by using the website, sending an SMS or using the telephone.
The sortable table below contains the three sets of ISO 3166-1 country codes for each of its 249 countries, links to the ISO 3166-2 country subdivision codes, and the Internet country code top-level domains (ccTLD) which are based on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard with the few exceptions noted. See the ISO 3166-3 standard for former country codes.
Vinçotte is a Belgian accredited inspection and certification organisation, that controlled 75% of the Belgian safety, reliability market in 2004. [ 1] This holding is the result of a merger between two similar non-profit inspection associations : AIB and Association Vinçotte. In May 2022, Vinçotte was acquired by Kiwa, a Dutch company ...
Maurice Frère (8 August 1890, Charleroi – 11 August 1970, Side) was a Belgian civil servant and governor of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) from 1944 until 1957. He lectured at the Free University of Brussels (now split into the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel ).