Flanders
Geographic Region
Who is Van Rompuy?: New EU President's Life Motto Is 'Quiet Determination'...CD&V. He was once featured on the cover of a Belgian magazine, together with his brother Eric, also a politician, as 'the conscience of Flanders.' The sixties mostly passed him by, he has said in interviews. He saw the movie "Woodstock," but... In this article: Herman Van Rompuy, EU, Belgium, Europe, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Economics, Turkey, Elio Di Rupo, Guy Verhofstadt, and Yves Leterme |
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BBC News | 1 day ago
Is the EU President a good choice?
...with having one of your nationals in "the top job". On the other hand, Belgium's best option for internal consensus has just gone - Flanders and Wallonia will be at each other's throats again! Mark Harrison, Canterbury, UK Genevieve,...
In this article: European Union, Europe, Baroness Ashton, United Kingdom, Tony Blair, Democracy, Belgium, London, and Angela Merkel
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Science Blog - | 1 day ago
Biologists discover bacterial defense mechanism against aggressive oxygen
...of the cell. This is the new finding of a team of biologists that includes Joris Messens of VIB, a life sciences research institute in Flanders, Belgium, connected to the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. The scientists made this discovery by...
In this article: Oxygen, Cysteine, Escherichia coli, Proteins, Sulfur, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, E mail, Amino acid, and Sugar
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Times Online | 1 day ago
Why 'nonentities' is a fair description of Mr Van Rompuy and Lady Ashton
...and Security Policy. Now these heavy-hitting posts have been bestowed on a kindly Christian Democrat who is known only in Flanders and Wallonia and to and a Labour Party stalwart ... with zero experience running foreign affairs. The...
In this article: Europe, Michel Rocard, Tony Blair, Federalism, and Christian Democrat
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 1 day ago
Quiet achiever who let job come to him
...December by King Albert II to try to salvage the country amid speculation it might split apart due to tensions between Dutch-speaking Flanders to the north and Francophone Wallonia to the south. ''Herman did everything not to become Prime...
In this article: Herman Van Rompuy, EU, Belgium, Christian Democratic, Tax, Catholic University of Leuven, and Albert II
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Reuters | 1 day ago
Belgians proud but concerned over Van Rompuy exit
...parties bore a duty to avoid a crisis. Leterme pledged in the 2007 election to deliver more power to the regions -- Dutch-speaking Flanders, French-speaking Wallonia and Brussels. French-speakers fear such a move would pull Belgium...
In this article: Herman Van Rompuy, Yves Leterme, Belgium, European Union, Brussels, Le Soir, Paralysis, and Universite Libre de Bruxelles
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Guardian | 1 day ago
Rift fears as Belgium loses its healer Eline Gordts
...as early as next month, many predict a new turbulent and chaotic period in Belgian political history. Although popular in Flanders, few Walloon voters have forgotten Leterme's communitarian stands and his inability to unite the...
In this article: Herman Van Rompuy, Belgium, Yves Leterme, European Union, and Guy Verhofstadt
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Guardian Unlimited | 2 days ago
EU leaders thrash out top two jobs
...him support yesterday for the EU job from the Vlaams Belang, or Flemish Interest, party on the extreme anti-immigrant right wing in Flanders. But news of a Franco-German alliance triggered anger in some European capitals. "We're not having...
In this article: EU, Herman Van Rompuy, Angela Merkel, Europe, Gordon Brown, Turkey, Nicolas Sarkozy, Brussels, and Germany
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Prime Newswire | 2 days ago
Flanders Corporation Awarded $10.6 Million Purchase Agreement for Supply of Containment Air Filtration Equipment With Bell BCI Company for the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD) Project, Aberdeen, Maryland
...economic times, our business is proving to be resilient. This award demonstrates the strength of Flanders." About Flanders Corporation Flanders is a leading air filtration products manufacturer. Flanders' products are utilized by many...
In this article: United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Aberdeen, Maryland, Safe harbor, and Semiconductor
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Prime Newswire | 5 days ago
Flanders Announces Addition to Its Board of Directors
...our board in this new role. We welcome him back onto our board and look forward to his guidance and direction." About Flanders Flanders is a leading air filtration products manufacturer. Flanders' products are utilized by many...
In this article: Semiconductor, Washington, and North Carolina
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thestar.com | November 10, 2009
Guelph house commemorates Flanders' poet McCrae
...blow, in some, grow. Of course, the poem ends with the lines, "If ye break faith with us who die we shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders fields." The editor at Punch asked McCrae to change the first line to blow, because the...
In this article: John McCrae, Punch, Remembrance Day, University of Toronto, and Battle of the Somme
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right|200|thumb|The Flemish region, the major part of Flanders in red (northern half of Belgium).
Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen, French: Flandre) is the (political) community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. Over the course of history, the geographical territory that was called "Flanders" has varied.
In contemporary Belgium, Flanders might be understood as the 'country of the Flemings'. This covers the north of Belgium Flemish Region and includes the Brussels Capital Region, the latter being shared with French speakers.
For the last few decades, with the legal establishment of the Flemish Community (de Vlaamse Gemeenschap), the Flemings have their own political institutions. The parliament and government are the governing institutions of Flanders. There is also a geographical, political and administrative entity called the Flemish Region (het Vlaams Gewest) but it has ceded all its competencies to the Flemish Community. Thus, the institutions of the Community govern both the Community and the Region. The capital city of Flanders is Brussels.
Previously, Flanders formed a county, the County of Flanders, which extended over:
*The Belgian provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders
*The French region French Flanders in the department Nord-Pas de Calais
*The Dutch region Zeelandic Flanders (Zeeuws-Vlaanderen) in the province of Zeeland
Related to these geographical or political uses of the noun 'Flanders', and the adjective 'Flemish', they may also be used to describe several other distinct (but inter-connected) cultural, geographical, historical, linguistic or political items or entities.
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