Eliot will be phoning home in 2019 telling his mum he had a go but that he's on his way back to Mons. You can read about him here | |
Belgium may have come up with the most popular Blanche since Deidre's mum. She's an understated performer which may ultimately count against her, but it's quality and may well shine. It's called "City Lights"and the quick review can be found here | |
Little Laura Tessoro, with a pungent moppet smile and wonky knees will awkwardly gyrate through a disco-lite number called "What's the pressure". That title has come as a result of 30 years of underachievement from this fractured federal constitutional monarchy, and they clearly aren't wearing too well. It's here | |
The intringuingly named Loic Noittet will be entertaining us in '15 with "Rhythm Inside", a disctinctly unusual effort from the Lowlanders, which may well get them through to a rare Final appearance. You decide here | |
Maternal lovin' big-boy Axel Hirsoux will be in touch with his sensitive side, and looking like he needs particular care with his most disconcerting ditty "Mother". Prepare to shift uncomfortably in your seat here | |
They've tried to polish a turd in the form of "Love Kills" by the potential car crash performance of Roberto Bellarosa in 2013. I fear for his chances. You can fear here |
Belgium
has the most women government ministers in the world as of 2000. Two Belgian youngsters stole an entire public playground to build their
own private playground at home. The children became nervous after reading about their handiwork in local newspapers and after seeing police patrols of the area. They put everything back and then told their story to the police. Officers gave them a telling off before returning them to their parents. |
A
Belgian house burglar tried to fool police by jumping into bed and claiming
he lived there. Officers arrived after tenants of the Antwerp building
found the front door had been forced open. They found him in the bed but
wearing all his clothes. |
1830 Declaration of independence from Netherlands. 1914-18 World
War I - Belgian army holds position behind Yser river until 1918. 1920
Belgium abandons neutrality and signs military alliance with France. 1930
Flanders and Wallonia legally become unilingual regions. 1940 Germany
invades Belgium. Government evacuates to London. King Leopold surrenders
to German forces. 1944 Allied Forces liberate Belgium. 1958 Belgium, Netherlands
and Luxembourg form Benelux Economic Union to promote free movement of
workers, goods and services in the region. 1992 Belgium ratifies Maastricht Treaty on European union. 1993 Constitution changed to recognise division of country into three administrative regions: Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels. 1999 Dioxin contamination scandal. Many nations ban Belgian food exports. 2002 Euro replaces Belgian franc. |
It happens time after time. People understand Europe the way they've been introduced to it - The usual tourist meccas, the attractions on a thousand postcards. Then they remember Belgium, the little country, they passed through a few days ago. It seems beautiful, it's practically next door to Paris, London and Amsterdam, and they have 24 hours to explore it before heading home. Two hours later, they are in love with Belgium! It's worth taking a look at the Belgian dictionary definition here; |
A man suspected of robbing a jewelers store in Liege said he couldn't have done it "because he was busy breaking into a school at the same time." Police then arrested him for breaking into the school. Surprised while burgling a house in Antwerp, Belgium, a thief fled out
the back door, clambered over a nine-foot wall, dropped down the other
side, and found himself in the city prison. -- A Belgian man has been jailed for six months for wearing a fake Rolex . A court in Dendermonde heard that the man, named only as Gunther R, 33, had been spotted by representatives of Rolex wearing the fake watch and they complained to authorities. The judge ruled the man had knowingly bought the fake and sentenced him to six months in prison under laws for handling counterfeit goods. He was also ordered to pay a £700 fine for breaching brand name registration laws. --- A Belgian seaside town has made its way into the Guinness Book of Records by knotting together almost 10,000 bras. Oostduinkerke knocked its bra-knotting rival Tongerlo out of the record book by tying 9,829 bras together to beat Tongerlo's 2001 record of 7,500. The bras will be donated to charities working with women in Romania. |
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Hepburn |
Life
expectancy 74.8
men 81.62 women |