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The European Commission reprimands Belgium, France, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland, and Slovakia for breaking budget rules. [14] Brussels declines to host a UEFA Nations League match between Belgium and Israel over security concerns. [15]
On 24 January 2022, a protest erupted in Brussels, Belgium against COVID-19 rules. More than 50,000 people began the protest at the capital's Nord Station and ended at Sycamorenter Park, near European institutions. On 24 January The demonstration was fixed with the administrators that this demonstration will end at 2 pm, but when it was not ...
In 2023, Belgium emitted 106.82 million tonnes of greenhouse gases (around 0.2% of the global total emissions), equivalent to 9.12 tonnes per person. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In 2021, the country's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were 146.9 million tons of CO 2 equivalent (Mt CO 2 eq), whose 88 Mt came from the Flemish Region , 54.8 Mt from the Walloon ...
The pan-European ecological network Natura 2000 covers 428,908 hectares in Belgium, representing 12.6% of the land area and 12% of the territorial waters. [13] Famous protected areas include the High Fens, Belgium's first national park, and the Hoge Kempen National Park, which is the newest national park in Belgium, and opened in 2006. [14]
8 June - King Philippe of Belgium, in a speech to the Congolese parliament in Kinshasa, formally condemns the atrocities that occurred when the Democratic Republic of the Congo was declared the personal property of his great-great granduncle, Leopold II of Belgium, saying that the colonial government "was one of unequal relations, unjustifiable ...
Social movements in Belgium (1 C) A. Animal welfare and rights in Belgium (3 C) D. Discrimination in Belgium (2 C) P. Prostitution in Belgium (2 C, 5 P) W.
Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium 4 to 5 May – DDOS attack on Belnet disrupts accessibility of websites using the .be domain, including those of the government, parliament, police, educational and research institutions, healthcare, and public broadcasters, [3] [4] forcing the postponement of parliamentary hearings relating to the persecution of Uyghurs in China.
List of wars in the Low Countries until 1560 – includes wars on the present territory of Belgium until 1560.; List of wars in the southern Low Countries (1560–1829) – includes wars on the present territory of Belgium, including the Southern Netherlands (Spanish Netherlands & Austrian Netherlands), the Principality of Liège, the Princely Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy, the Prince-Bishopric of ...