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Vor 21 Stunden · Belgium is a constitutional, popular monarchy and a federal parliamentary democracy. The bicameral federal parliament is composed of a Senate and a Chamber of Representatives. The former is made up of 50 senators appointed by the parliaments of the communities and regions and 10 co-opted senators.
Vor 3 Tagen · Roughly 98% of Belgium's overseas territory was just one colony (about 76 times larger than Belgium itself) – known as the Belgian Congo. The colony was founded in 1908 following the transfer of sovereignty from the Congo Free State , which was the personal property of Belgium's king, Leopold II .
Vor 5 Tagen · Credit: Creative Commons. On this day, 18 November 1889, King Leopold II organised an anti-slavery conference in Brussels. Rather than being a key moment for abolitionism in Europe, it helped secure the 'Scramble for Africa'. Throughout the 19th century, the anti-slave trade movement was in full swing in Europe.
Vor 3 Tagen · Molenbeek-Saint-Jean ( French, pronounced [molœnbek sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃, -bɛk -] ⓘ) or Sint-Jans-Molenbeek ( Dutch, pronounced [sɪɲˈcɑns ˈmoːlə (m)ˌbeːk] ⓘ ), often simply called Molenbeek, is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium.
Vor 4 Tagen · Failing to enlist British interests in the development of the Congo region, Stanley took service with the king of Belgium, Leopold II, whose secret ambition it was to annex the region for himself. From August 1879 to June 1884 Stanley was in the Congo basin, where he built a road from the lower Congo up to Stanley Pool and launched ...
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Vor 2 Tagen · België, officieel het Koninkrijk België, is een West-Europees land dat aan de Noordzee ligt en aan Nederland, Duitsland, Luxemburg en Frankrijk grenst. Het land is 30.689 km² groot [6] en heeft een bevolking van meer dan 11,6 miljoen inwoners (ruim 6,7 miljoen in het Vlaams Gewest , 3,7 miljoen in het Waals Gewest en 1,2 miljoen in het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest ). [7]
Saying all royals were sympathetic to the Nazis is blatantly untrue, Prince Philip's mother, Princess Alice, helped save Greek Jews during Nazi occupation. Queen Elizabeth of Belgium also helped save many Jews from the Nazis. There's plenty more. But it is true a significant proportion of the German royals and nobility were sympathetic to the ...
