GE National Ambassador in Belgium
| The position is available |
Upcoming events:
All festivals in Belgium: films, music, theatre, comics ... – EN, FR or NL
http://www.festivals.be/
All cinema schedules in all movie theatre across the country – FR or NL
http://www.festivals.be/
Ideas to fill your spare time – FR or NL
http://www.quefaire.be/
Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film – EN, FR or NL
http://www.bifff.org
Brussels Beach during the summer – EN, FR or NL
http://www.bruxelleslesbains.be
Interesting links selected by your GE National Ambassador:
General:
Belgium from the Federal point of view – EN, FR, NL, DE http://www.belgium.be
French Community of Belgium - EN, FR, NL, DE http://www.cfwb.be
Flemish Community of Belgium
http://www.vlaanderen.be in NL
http://www.flanders.be in EN
German Community of Belgium – DE http://www.dglive.be
Brussels Tourism Office – EN, FR, NL http://www.brusselsdiscovery.com/
all NGO’s in Belgium - EN http://ngo.epha.org/country/Belgium
Youth Hostels in Belgium – EN, FR, NL, DE http://www.laj.be
Youth:
Confédération des Organisations de Jeunesse (COJ) – FR http://www.coj.be
Jeugdwerknet – NL http://www.jeugdwerknet.be
Transport:
Train Network in Belgium – EN, FR, NL, DE http://www.sncb.be
Public Transport Network in Brussels – FR, NL http://www.stib.irisnet.be
Bus Network in the Walloon Region – EN, FR, NL, DE http://www.infotec.be/tec_wallonie/transport_wallon/tec_transport_en_commun.html
Bus Network in the Flemish Region – NL http://www.delijn.be
Media:
La Une (RTBF1) - FR http://www.la1.be
Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep – NL, EN http://www.vrt.be
Le Soir Newspaper – FR http://www.lesoir.be
De Standaard Newspaper – NL http://www.standaard.be
La Libre Belgique Newspaper – FR http://www.lalibre.be
De Morgen on line Newspaper – NL http://www.demorgen.be
La Dernière Heure - Les Sports – FR http://www.dhnet.be
Het Laatste Nieuws – NL http://www.hln.be
Radio – FR http://www.classic21.be
Radio – NL http://www.stubru.be
Beglium in brief:
| Area | 30,528 sq km |
| Capital | Brussels |
| Language | Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch and French) |
| Population | 10,364,388 (July 2005 est.) |
| Life expectancy | 75.44 years (men), 81.94 years (2005 est.) |
| Literacy rate | 98% |
| Religions | Roman Catholic 75%, Protestant or other 25% |
| Population growth rate | 0.15% (2005 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 1.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
| Linguistic groups | Flemish 58%, Walloon 31%, mixed or other 11% |
| Independence | 1830 |
| GDP | 2.6% (2004 est.) |