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River Thames...basin. At this time, the Thames' course did not continue to Doggerland, but was aligned southwards from the eastern Essex coast where it met the Rhine, the Meuse and the Scheldt flowing from what are now The Netherlands and Belgium. These... In this article: River Thames, London Bridge, Oxford, Staines Bridge, London, River Medway, Jubilee River, Maidenhead Bridge, and Tamesis |
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Boston Herald | October 16, 2009
'Great' idea pans out
...(Great Britain), Lassi Karonen (Sweden), Marcel Hacker (Germany), Mahe Drysdale (New Zealand), Olaf Tufte (Norway), Tim Maeyens (Belgium) and Iztok Cop (Slovenia) beat British powerhouse Leander Club at the Head of the Thames River...
In this article: London, Alan Campbell, Harvard, Rowing, Olaf Tufte, and Mahe Drysdale
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Independent.co.uk - Books | October 08, 2009
Vincent van Gogh: the complete letters, Edited by Leo Jansen, Hans Luitjen and Nienke Bakker
...this endless self-interrogation happened as he turned his life upside down in wrenching moves from his North Brabant home to southern Belgium, London, Antwerp, the Hague, Paris, Arles - even Isleworth in 1876, when the young man who still hoped...
In this article: Vincent van Gogh, George Eliot, Theo van Gogh, Paris, Emile Bernard, and Charles Dickens
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Reuters | January 06, 2009
UPDATE 1-ABInBev to close London brewery, 182 jobs at risk
...2010, with the potential loss of 182 jobs. The Belgium-based group acquired the Thames-side brewery at Mortlake as part of its takeover of Budweiser brewer Anheuser two months ago for $52 billion. It has targeted merger cost savings of at...
In this article: London, UK, Molson Coors, Heineken, Tax, and England
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Wikipedia | October 04, 2009
Stena Line Holland BV
...route In the late 19th century the Great Eastern Railway (GER) wishing to compete with its rivals who were operating from the Kent coast to France and Belgium obtained the rights to provide a cargo and cattle service to Rotterdam. After...
In this article: Harwich, Rotterdam, Sealink, Hook of Holland, Stena Line Holland BV, Second World War, and Great Eastern Railway
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Daily Mail | February 13, 2009
Drunken yobs force cancellation of Henley Regatta fireworks
...has now been cancelled. Increased safety fears forced the committee to rethink the closing celebrations after a Belgium rower was stabbed in the leg last year, potentially ending his sporting career. Two of his colleagues were...
In this article: River Thames and Britain
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International Herald Tribune | January 26, 2009
Ex-Soviet spy turns newspaper readers' heads in Britain
...that has earned the British capital nicknames like Londongrad or Moscow-on-Thames. Prosecutors in Belgium link stabbing suspect to other murder "Don't confuse foreign intelligence with the KGB," he told The Sunday Times of London last...
In this article: Aleksandr Lebedev, London, Moscow, Alexander Litvinenko, Russia, Novaya Gazeta, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Britain
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ABInBev to close London brewery, 182 jobs at risk
...potential loss of 182 jobs after its $52 billion takeover of Budweiser brewer Anheuser. The Belgium-based brewer, which brews Stella Artois and Beck's, said it proposed to close Anheuser's only brewery in Britain on the south bank of the...
In this article: London, InBev, Britain, River Thames, and U.S.
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Joseph Moloney
...same hostility that the British in Northern Rhodesia later directed towards the reputation of Captain Stairs for winning Katanga for the Belgians. Joseph Moloney returned to south-west London but did not have time to enjoy his status as a...
In this article: Joseph Moloney, William Stairs, London, and British South Africa Company
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The Kingdom of Belgium /ˈbɛldʒəm/ is a country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters, as well as those of other major international organizations, including NATO. Belgium covers an area of 30528 km2 and has a population of about 10.7 million.
Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin Europe, Belgium is home to two main linguistic groups, the Flemish and the French-speakers, mostly Walloons, plus a small group of German-speakers. Belgium's two largest regions are the Dutch-speaking region of Flanders in the north, with 59% of the population, and the French-speaking southern region of Wallonia, inhabited by 31%. The Brussels-Capital Region, officially bilingual, is a mostly French-speaking enclave within the Flemish Region and has 10% of the population.*
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A small German-speaking Community exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the political history and a complex system of government.
- Name:
- Belgium
- Conventional Long Name:
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Local Name:
- Königreich Belgien
- Capital:
- Brussels
- Language:
- Dutch, French, German
- Motto:
- Einigkeit macht stark
- Government type:
- Parliamentary democracy and Constitutional monarchy
- Founding Date:
- April 19, 1839
- Formations:
- Recognized
- Area:
- 30,528
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $389.518 billion
- GDP (nominal):
- $506.392 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $40,019
- Time Zone:
- CET
- Currency:
- Euro (€)
- Demonym:
- Belgian
- Currency (code):
- EU
- Country Calling Code:
- 32
- ccTLD:
- .be
- EU Accession:
- March 25, 1957
- Anthem:
- The "Brabançonne"
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