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Officially titled the Netherlands–Belgium–Luxembourg Customs Convention, the London Customs Convention was the treaty that established the Benelux Customs Union on 5 September 1944. [1] The word "Benelux" comes from an acronym of the countries' names, Be lgium, Ne therlands, and Lux embourg.
Century 21 Real Estate LLC is an American real estate agent franchise company founded in 1971. The system consists of approximately 14,000 independently owned and operated franchised broker offices in 86 countries and territories worldwide with over 147,000 sales professionals. [ 2 ]
This site comprises four major coal mining complexes in Belgium, Grand-Hornu Bois-du-Luc, Bois du Cazier (pictured), and Blegny-Mine. While mining activities date back to at least the 17th century, the peak activity took place in the 19th and the second half of the 20th centuries when the mines were among the largest in Europe.
21 July: Philippe becomes 7th king of the Belgians 2014: 24 May: Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting kills four 25 May: Belgian federal election, 2014: 2015: 6 November: Jozef De Kesel succeeds André-Joseph Léonard as archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels: 21 to 25 November: Brussels lockdown: 2016: 22 March: 2016 Brussels bombings: 20 December
By the turn of the century, however, the violence used by Free State officials against indigenous Congolese and the ruthless system of economic extraction led to intense diplomatic pressure on Belgium to take official control of the country, which it did in 1908, creating the Belgian Congo. [19]
Hubert Pierlot (left), Prime Minister of the government in exile, April 1944.. The Belgian Government in London (Dutch: Belgische regering in Londen; French: Gouvernement belge à Londres), also known as the Pierlot IV Government, was the government in exile of Belgium between October 1940 and September 1944 during World War II.
The Benelux Union (Dutch: Benelux Unie; [10] French: Union Benelux; [11] German: Benelux-Union; [12] Luxembourgish: Benelux-Unioun [13]) or Benelux is a politico-economic union, alliance and formal international intergovernmental cooperation of three neighbouring states in Western Europe: Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. [14]
The monarchy of Belgium is the constitutional and hereditary institution of the monarchical head of state of Belgium.As a popular monarchy, the Belgian monarch uses the title king/queen of the Belgians [a] and serves as the country's head of state and commander-in-chief of the Belgian Armed Forces.