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5 days ago · In the south the French-speaking Walloons make up about one-third of the country’s population. About one-tenth of the people are completely bilingual, but a majority have some knowledge of both French and Flemish.
1 day ago · French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China), [a] [b] officially known as the Indochinese Union [c] [d] and after 1941 as the Indochinese Federation, [e] was a grouping of French colonial territories in Mainland Southeast Asia until its end in 1954.
3 days ago · Belgium, [ a ] officially the Kingdom of Belgium, [ b ] is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the south, and the North Sea to the west. It covers an area of 30,689 km 2 (11,849 sq mi) [ 4 ] and has a population of more than 11.7 ...
6 days ago · Map of Belgian diplomatic missions. The Kingdom of Belgium is unique in having three networks of representation — one for the Belgian federal state, another for Dutch-speaking community and Flemish Region, and a third one for the French-speaking Community and the Walloon region, often comprising international missions of the Brussels-Capital ...
Oct 8, 2024 · The country prospered as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU. In recent years, longstanding tensions between the Dutch-speaking Flemish of the north and the French-speaking Walloons of the south have led to constitutional amendments granting these regions formal recognition and autonomy.
Sep 27, 2024 · The new MR-Les Engagés coalition in the French Community of Belgium (FWB) has pledged to introduce a series of reforms despite considerable concerns among fellow MPs.
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Oct 8, 2024 · After some 530 days without a government, Belgium was drawn into the debt crisis that had plagued other parts of Europe since 2009. In November 2011 the ratings agency Standard & Poor’s downgraded Belgium’s credit and confirmed a negative economic outlook for the country.
