Belgium's major photo agencies are Isopix and Photo News.

Festivals play a major role in Belgium's cultural life.

During his mandate as Minister of the Economy and Scientific Research – from 2000 to 2003 – he maintained this responsibility, and played a key role in introducing measures to support Belgium's large cities in coping with the specific problems typical of major urban agglomerations.

The most recent European newspaper to join this trend is De Tijd / L ' Echo, Belgium's main economic news publications ( March 13, 2012 ).

Brussels Airport is Belgium's biggest airport.

With 240, 191 inhabitants in the beginning of 2009, Ghent is Belgium's second largest municipality by number of inhabitants.

Ringwood Brewery founder, Peter Austin, is thought to be an influence on Britain's craft brewery rebirth in much the same way that Fritz Maytag of San Francisco's Anchor Brewing Company and Pierre Celis of Belgium's Hoegaarden Brewery were to their countries.

* May 23 – Belgium's SABENA Airlines is created.

In recent years, an unofficial short version of the anthem is sung during Belgian National Day on July 21 yearly, combining the words of the anthem in all three of Belgium's official languages, similar to the bilingual version of O Canada.

In December 1999, the Belgian Federal Government announced that it would again pursue an active foreign policy, particularly in Central Africa where among others Belgium's former colony, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is situated.

This was unprecedented ; although Baudoin was nominally Belgium's chief executive, Royal Assent has long been a formality ( as is the case in most constitutional and popular monarchies ).

As a hereditary constitutional monarchy system, the role and operation of Belgium's monarchy is governed by the Constitution.

Since he is bound by the Constitution ( above all other ideological and religious considerations, political opinions and debates and economic interests ) the King acts as an arbiter and guardian of Belgium's unity and independence.

It is this family name which is used on the identity cards and in all official documents by Belgium's royalty ( e. g. marriage licenses ).

This is where much of Belgium's wildlife can be found.

Belgium's highest point, the Signal de Botrange is located in this region at only.

Belgium's highest point is the Signal de Botrange at 694 metres above the sea level.

Belgium's public debt is about 99 % of GDP.

About 80 % of Belgium's trade is with fellow EU member states.

For example, it is home to Belgium's main airport.

Due to Belgium's often-complicated politics, restructuring has led to decisions seen by some as illogical, such as the decision to mount the ( very uncommon ) CMI 90 mm cannon on the Piranha 3 ( munition is very scarce and only made by a handful of manufacturers ; it will probably be supplied by Mécar ).

One of Belgium's finest conservatories is based in Leuven: the Lemmens Institute, which is described as " Faculty of Music, Performing Arts and Education ".

It stands on the bank of the river Schelde opposite the confluence of the eponymous Rupel, and is famed for its sundials as well as having what is probably Belgium's only tidemill.

In Europe, for example Belgium's Royal Military Academy, military science remains an academic discipline, and is studied alongside Social Sciences, including such subjects as Humanitarian law.

Today, Belgium's beer category called " abbey " is thriving-with several beers brewed under similar licenses to Leffe as well as abbey beers named after abbey ruins or abbeys that no longer exist.

It was inaugurated on 23 August 1930 ( days after Belgium's 100th anniversary ) as Jubilee Stadium (, ).

SABAM, Belgium's society for collecting copyrights, has claimed worldwide intellectual property rights on all reproductions of the image via the United States Artists Rights Society ( ARS ).

Bethmann Hollweg, much of whose foreign policy before the war had been guided by his desire to establish good relations with Britain, was particularly upset by Britain's declaration of war following German violation of Belgium's neutrality in the course of her invasion of France, reportedly asking the departing British Ambassador Goschen how Britain could go to war over a " mere scrap of paper " ( the Treaty of London of 1839 which guaranteed Belgium's neutrality ).

In 2003 with the inaugural World Idol competition, Winckler came fourth behind Belgium's Peter Evrard ( 3rd ), the U. S .' s Kelly Clarkson ( 2nd ), and Norway's Kurt Nilsen ( Winner ).

The Belgian tabloids also developed another conspiracy theory based on one of Belgium's most famous urban legends, the so-called pink ballets (" roze balletten " in Dutch ).

He is Belgium's second person in space ( after Dirk Frimout ).

Five square rigged school ships entered the race, Denmark's Danmark, Norway's Christian Radich and Sorlandet, Belgium's Mercator and Portugal's first Sagres ( ship ).

De Lijn is being viewed as an integral part to reduce heavily congested traffic, together with the NMBS ( Belgium's rail provider ).

The first Griffon Bruxellois was registered in 1883 in the first volume Belgium's kennel club studbook, the Livre des Origines Saint-Hubert ( LOSH ).

He was Minister of State ( Belgium ), a member of the National Congress, Belgium's fifth Prime Minister ( 1831 – 1832, 1834 – 1840, 1846 – 1847 & 1871 – 1874 ), Minister of Internal Affairs ( 1831 – 1832, 1834 – 1840 & 1846 – 1847 ) & Minister of Foreign Affairs ( 1836 – 1840 ).

However the higher-education rate in the country still remains the lowest in the European Union, this rate was around 7 % in 2003 ( Source: OECD ( 2003 ) Education at a Glance and OECD Statistical Compendium ), and improved to 11 % in 2007-as compared to Slovakia's and Slovenia's around 16 %; Germany's, Estonia, Spain's and Ireland's 28 %; or Belgium's, Netherland's, Denmark's, Finland's, Cyprus's and UK's, over 30 % ( Source: EuroStat, March 2007 ).

In recent history clubs representing immigrant communities have come into existence and sometimes use names that are in neither of Belgium's official languages ( the now defunct clubs Türkgucun Ozburun and Türkiyemspor Zaventem, or the still existing Agrupacion Oviedo-Asturiana from Brussels being examples ).

Koprowski's numerous awards and distinctions include a Fulbright Scholarship, the Alvarenga Prize of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia ( 1959 ), Belgium's Royal Order of the Lion, the French Order of Merit for Research and Invention, the San Marino Award for Medicine ( 1989 ), the Nicolaus Copernicus Medal of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Philadelphia Cancer Research Award, the John Scott Award, the Philadelphia Award ( May 1990 ), the title of " Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland " ( 1995 ), the Legion d ' Honneur ( 1997 ), the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland ( 1998 ), and the Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal ( 2007 ).

The accepted method of writing news has two major liabilities.

The story of the men's claims was covered by many major news networks, including BBC, CNN, ABC News, and Fox News.

Shortly after Marlborough landed in the Dutch Republic on 14 April, news arrived of major Allied setbacks in the wider war.

During major breaking news events, the BBC News Channel has been broadcast on BBC One ; examples of special broadcasts include the 11 September 2001 attacks, 7 July 2005 London bombings, the capture of Saddam Hussein, and the death of Osama bin Laden.

During a major news event one or more of the main news presenters may be sent to present live for the channel from the scene of the story, where they will conduct interviews with the people involved, question correspondents, introduce related reports and also give general information on the story, much as a reporter sent to cover a story would.

* Prominent media journalists, pundits on major nationally syndicated television shows, commentators on prominently scheduled television shows, nationally acclaimed media columnists and syndicated columnists, critically acclaimed and best-selling authors and writers, major national newscasters and news analysts, national television reporters and television anchors, national television game show hosts on prominently scheduled game shows, radio personalities on prominently scheduled radio shows, comedians on major headlining comedy shows, reality television personalities on most prominently scheduled reality television shows, daytime television show hosts, and late night television show hosts have a strong likelihood to become celebrities.

On September 20 President Obama appeared on all major news programs except Fox News, a snub partially in response to remarks about the president by commentators Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity and Fox coverage of Obama's health-care proposal.

FNC is usually broadcast as a VideoGuard-encrypted channel ; during major news stories it may be simulcast on Sky Active, which is free-to-air.

FNC is usually broadcast as a VideoGuard-encrypted channel ; during major news stories it may be simulcast on Sky Active, which is free-to-air.

The crash was the first major on-set accident in Hollywood history and made national news.

Television provides the major source of news and entertainment for the average family.

Despite the plethora of news services, most news printed and broadcast throughout the world each day comes from only a few major agencies, the three largest of which are the Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France-Presse.

RSS is a format for syndicating news and the content of news-like sites, including major news sites like Wired, news-oriented community sites like Slashdot, and personal blogs.

In the pilot episode, Grossberg is the chairman of Network 23, a major city television station with the highest rated investigative news show in town, hosted by Edison Carter.

" Though the press showed up, no major news organization published the story.

On 16 November 2007 Tecom stopped broadcast of two major Pakistani satellite news channels, uplinked from Dubai Media City, which was initially marketed by Tecom under the tagline " Freedom to Create.

Video footage of the crash was replayed numerous times in news broadcasts on the day of the attacks, and in the following days, before major news networks put restrictions on use of the footage.