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2019 In Belgium
Events of the year 2019 in Belgium. Incumbents *Monarch: Philippe *Prime Minister: Charles Michel (to 27 October); Sophie Wilmès (from 27 October) Events * 1 January – Fifteen Flemish municipalities merge into seven, the first such merges for several decades * January – A ban on Kosher and halal slaughter comes into effect in the Flanders region of Belgium. The northern region of Belgium is the first to implement the ban. Similar restrictions will be in place in the southern Wallonia region from September. * 26 May – European elections, regional elections and federal election * 29 May – King Philippe held an official meeting with the leader of the nationalist Vlaams Belang party, Tom Van Grieken. According to Belgian media, 1936 was the last time a far-right leader had had an official meeting with the king. * 25 July – The hottest day on record in Belgium, with a temperature of 39.7 °C measured at the Royal Meteorological Institute in Uccle and of 41 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019
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Vlaams Belang
, ideology = , predecessor = Vlaams Blok , position = , europarl = Identity and Democracy , european = Identity and Democracy Party , youth_wing = Vlaams Belang Jongeren , colours = , headquarters = Madouplein 8 bus 91210 Brussels , website www.vlaamsbelang.org, seats1_title = Chamber of Representatives , seats1 = , seats2_title = Senate , seats2 = , seats3_title = Flemish Parliament , seats3 = , seats4_title = Brussels Parliament , seats4 = , seats5_title = European Parliament , seats5 = , seats6_title = Flemish Provincial Councils , seats6 = , flag = Vlaams Belang (, , VB) is a Flemish nationalist, anti immigration, right-wing populist political party in the Flemish Region and Brussels Capital Region of Belgium. Vlaams Belang is a rebrand of Vlaams Blok, which dissolved after a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Ahmed
''Young Ahmed'' (french: Le Jeune Ahmed) is a 2019 Belgian drama film directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. The film revolves around a young Muslim boy from Belgium who plots to murder his teacher in the name of his religion. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes the Dardenne brothers won the award for Best Director. Plot Ahmed, a 13-year-old, plots to kill his teacher, whom he believes to be an apostate after being radicalised by a local imam. Ahmed is arrested and sent to juvenile detention, where he claims to be a reformed character. Cast * Idir Ben Addi as Ahmed * Olivier Bonnaud as Caseworker * Myriem Akheddiou as Inès * Victoria Bluck as Louise * Claire Bodson as Mother * Othmane Moumen as Imam Youssouf Reception On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of . The site's critical consensus reads, "''Young Ahmed'' doesn't represent the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dardenne Brothers
Brothers Jean-Pierre Dardenne (; born 21 April 1951) and Luc Dardenne (born 10 March 1954), collectively referred to as the Dardenne brothers, are a Belgian filmmaking duo. They write, produce, and direct their films together. The Dardennes began making narrative and documentary films in the late 1970s. They came to international attention in the mid-1990s with ''La Promesse'' (''The Promise''). They won their first major international film prize when ''Rosetta'' won the Palme d'Or at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. Their work tends to reflect left-wing themes and points-of-view. In 2002, Olivier Gourmet won Best Actor at Cannes for the Dardennes' '' Le Fils'' (''The Son''). In 2005, they won the Palme d'Or a second time for their film '' L'Enfant'' (''The Child''), putting them in an elite club, at the time, of only seven. Their film, ''Le Silence de Lorna'' (''Lorna's Silence''), won Best Screenplay at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and was released in Europe in the fall. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Standaard
''De Standaard'' (meaning ''The Standard'' in English) is a Flemish daily newspaper published in Belgium by Mediahuis (formerly Corelio and VUM). It was traditionally a Christian-Democratic paper, associated with the Christian-Democratic and Flemish Party, and in opposition to the Socialist Flemish daily ''De Morgen''. In recent years De Standaard has renounced its original ideological ties. History and profile In 1911, Frans Van Cauwelaert founded ''Ons Volk Ontwaakt'', the weekly journal of the Flemish Catholic student organization. In 1914, Van Cauwelaert, Alfons Van de Perre, and Arnold Hendrix formed a publishing company, ''De Standaard N.V.'' ("The Standard, Incorporated": the Standard Group). Their goal was to publish a conservative, Catholic, Flemish daily newspaper in Brussels, to be called ''De Standaard''. The motto of ''De Standaard'' was ''Alles voor Vlaanderen - Vlaanderen voor Kristus'' ("Everything for Flanders - Flanders for Christ"), abbreviated ''AVV-VVK''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Van Looy
Lucas Van Looy S.D.B. (born 28 September 1941) is a Belgian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Bishop of Ghent from 2004 to 2019. He worked as a missionary in South Korea for more than a decade and held leadership positions with the Salesians from 1984 to 2003. Although Pope Francis planned to make him a cardinal in August 2022, he agreed not to at Van Looy's request. Biography Van Looy was born in Tielen, Belgium. He studied with the Jesuits in Turnhout and at Don Bosco College in Hechtel. He became a member of the Salesians of Saint John Bosco in 1961 and studied from 1962 to 1964 at their school in Groot-Bijgaarden. After three years in South Korea he studied theology at the Catholic University of Louvain from 1967 to 1970, earning a licentiate in missiology. He took his final vows as a Salesian on 6 March 1968 and was ordained a priest on 12 September 1970. He worked in South Korea as a teacher from 1972 to 1974 and as chaplain of Catholic students from 1974 to 1978. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Ghent
The Diocese of Ghent (Latin: ''Dioecesis Gandavensis'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Belgium. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolis (religious jurisdiction), metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels, Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels. The patron of the diocese is Saint Bavo of Ghent. History The diocese was erected in 1559 by papal bull ''Super universitas'' to become independent of the Diocese of Tournai. Ghent had an important local administration and was the location of the Abbey of Saint Bavo, founded by Saint Amandus. However, this abbey was suppressed and the canons were removed, moving to the collegiate church of Saint John, and it changed its name to Saint Bavo. This collegiate church became the see of the current diocese. The diocese was created from the surrounding dioceses in Belgium. Territorial structure Originally, the diocese was much larger and contained the city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orval Abbey
Orval Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Orval) is a Cistercian monastery founded in 1132 in the Gaume region of Belgium and is located in Villers-devant-Orval, part of Florenville, Wallonia in the province of Luxembourg. The abbey is well known for its history and spiritual life but also for its local production of the Trappist beer Orval and a specific cheese. History First foundation The site has been occupied since the Merovingian period, and there is evidence that there was already a chapel here in the 10th century. In 1070, a group of Benedictine monks from Calabria settled here, at the invitation of Arnould, Count of Chiny, and Conrad I, Count of Luxembourg, and began construction of a church and a monastery, but after some forty years, possibly because of the death of Count Arnould, they moved away again. They were replaced by a community of Canons Regular, who completed the construction work: the abbey church was consecrated on 30 September 1124. In 1132, a group of Cis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lode Van Hecke
Lode Van Hecke OCSO (born 16 March 1950) is a Belgian Catholic prelate who serves as Bishop of Ghent. He was previously abbot of Orval Abbey from 2007 to November 2019. A monk since 1976, he is the only Trappist ever to be appointed bishop of a Belgian diocese. Life Van Hecke was born in Roeselare in West Flanders on 16 March 1950. After graduating from secondary school he spent a year at Bruges seminary and then studied philosophy at KU Leuven. He interrupted his studies for military service and became secretary to the head chaplain of the Belgian army. He returned to KU Leuven and earned his licenciate in philosophy with a dissertation on A. N. Whitehead. On 24 September 1976 he entered Orval Abbey and took his final vows as a Trappist on 6 March 1983. He obtained the degree of Licentiate of Sacred Theology from KU Leuven in 1988, with a thesis on Bernard of Clairvaux, and was ordained to the priesthood on 20 August 1995. At Orval he served as novice master from 1990 to 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlaamse Radio- En Televisieomroeporganisatie
The VRT (), is the national public-service broadcaster for the Flemish Community of Belgium. History VRT is the successor to a succession of organisations. The Belgian National Institute of Radio Broadcasting was known as the Nationaal Instituut voor de Radio-omroep (NIR) in Flemish and the L'Institut National de Radiodiffusion (INR) in French, was founded in 1930 and existed until 1960. This became the Belgische Radio- en Televisieomroep (BRT) in 1960 and the Belgische Radio- en Televisieomroep Nederlandstalige Uitzendingen (BRTN) from 1991 to 1998. The NIR/INR and BRT (Radio-Télévision Belge, or RTB, in French) had each been single state-owned entities with separate Dutch- and French-language production departments. They were housed in Le Flagey, formerly known as the Maison de la Radio, from when the new building was completed in 1938 until 1974, when the building became too small. However, in 1977, as part of the ongoing state reform in Belgium broadcasting became r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Begijnendijk
Begijnendijk () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Begijnendijk proper and Betekom. On January 1, 2006, Begijnendijk had a total population of 9,400. The total area is 17.62 km² which gives a population density of 534 inhabitants per km². The official spoken language is Dutch. On the 25th of July 2019, the hottest ever recorded in Belgium was recorded in Begijnendijk, the town recording a temperature of , beating the temperature of recorded in Angleur, recorded just the previous day. Further reading * 2008 "''De boerekes van Betekom''" written by Bob Michiels * 2005 "''Begijnendijk, dorp van kerkenbouwers''" * 2003 "''De vergane glorie van Betekom''" written by Pascal Van Vlasselaer * 1997 "''De parochies St. Lucia en St. Laurentius van Begijnendijk-Betekom voot 1901''" written by H. Guislain * 1996 "''Begijnendijk voor 1796''" written by Geert Andries * 1996 "''Betekom op de schoolbanken''" writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uccle
Uccle () or Ukkel () is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. In common with all of Brussels' municipalities, it is legally bilingual (French–Dutch). It is generally considered an affluent area of the city and is particularly noted for its community of French immigrants. History According to legend, Uccle's church of St. Peter was dedicated by Pope Leo III in the year 803, with Charlemagne and Gerbald, Bishop of Liège, attending the ceremony. During the following centuries, several noble families built their manors and took residency there. The first mention of the name ''Woluesdal'', now evolved into ''Wolvendael'', dates from 1209. In 1467, Isabella of Portugal, wife of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, founded a Franciscan convent on Uccle's territory. Later, Uccle became the judiciary capital of the area including Brussels. Throughout the early stages of its history, however, the village of Uccle always had a predominantly rural chara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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