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1990 In Belgium
Events in the year 1990 in Belgium. Incumbents * Monarch: Baudouin * Prime Minister: Wilfried Martens Events * 4 to 5 April – Constitutional crisis: King Baudouin suspended as king for 36 hours after refusing to sign a law legalising abortion * 26 June – City of Antwerp adopts the ''Globaal structuurplan'', a first attempt at structured urban planning for the whole city and regeneration of dockland neighbourhoods.Steven Sterkx, "Antwerp", in ''Cities as Engines of Sustainable Competitiveness: European Urban Policy in Practice'', edited by Leo van den Berg, Jan van der Meer and Luis Carvalho (Routledge, 2016). * 28 October – German-speaking Community Council election Publications * Brian Bond, ''Britain, France, and Belgium, 1939-1940'' (Brassey's) * B. Francq and D. Lapeyronnie, ''Les deux morts de la Wallonie sidérurgique'' * Donald Flanell Friedman, ''The Symbolist Dead City: A Landscape of Poesis'' (Garland) * Leen Van Molle, ''Ieder voor allen: De Belgische Boerenb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, 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 southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest. It covers an area of and has a population of more than 11.5 million, making it the 22nd most densely populated country in the world and the 6th most densely populated country in Europe, with a density of . Belgium is part of an area known as the Low Countries, historically a somewhat larger region than the Benelux group of states, as it also included parts of northern France. The capital and largest city is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven. Belgium is a sovereign state and a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. Its institutional organization is complex and is structured on both regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |