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The Kingdom of Belgium (Dutch: Koninkrijk België; French: Royaume de Belgique; German: Königreich Belgien) is a country in northwest Europe bordered by the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France and is one of the founding and core members of the European Union. Belgium has a population of over 11 million people, in an area of around 30,000 square kilometres (11,700 square miles).

Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Romance Europe, it is linguistically divided. Mainly two languages are spoken in Belgium: Dutch is spoken by the 6.1 million people in Flanders to the north, French by the 3.5 million Walloons in the south. The capital, Brussels, is officially bilingual, while the majority of its residents speak French. Around 75,000 people live in the German-speaking Community in the east of the country. This linguistic diversity often leads to political and cultural conflict and is reflected in Belgium's complex system of government and political history.

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• March 22: Explosions at Brussels airport and subway systems
• January 27: Víctor Valdés to play in Belgian Pro League; Manchester United loans Valdés to Standard Liège till season end
• December 14: UEFA Euro 16 draw takes place in Paris
• November 24: Suspects detained in Belgium raids
• August 22: 'Terror' shooting wounds three on international train in Belgium

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• ...that Belgium's Carnival of Binche (pictured), which features a "battle of confetti", is the culmination of a build-up lasting 50 days?
• ...that Belgian avant-garde singer Catherine Jauniaux has been described as a "one-woman orchestra" and a "human sampler"?
• ...that after her European Parliamentary career, Anne André-Léonard served as the Assistant Commissioner for Belgium at the World Expo in Zaragoza from 2006 to 2008?

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• 711: death of Childebert III, King of the Franks
• 1918: the Zeebrugge Raid is a partly successful operation by the troops of the United Kingdom to block the port of Zeebrugge, occupied by the Germans
• 2003: birth of Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este, daughter of Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este and Princess Astrid of Belgium

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