Behind him lay the Low Countries, where men were still completing the cathedrals that a later Florentine would describe as `` a malediction of little tabernacles, one on top of the other, with so many pyramids and spires and leaves that it is a wonder they stand up at all, for they look as though they were made of paper instead of stone or marble '' ; ;

At the same time, Angola has promoted the revival of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries ( CPLP ) as a forum for cultural exchange and expanding ties with Portugal ( its former ruler ) and Brazil ( which shares many cultural affinities with Angola ) in particular.

Countries where ASL or a derivative of ASL is the national or a widespread language include Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana ( with BSL ), Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, the Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d ' Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya ( minority use ), Liberia, Madagascar ( minority use ), Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines ( L2 use ), Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Trinidad and Tobago, Togo, and Zimbabwe ( with ZSL ).

Montgomery's training paid off when the Germans began their invasion of the Low Countries on 10 May 1940 and the 3rd Division advanced to the River Dijle and then withdrew to Dunkirk with great professionalism, entering the Dunkirk perimeter in a famous night-time march which placed his forces on the left flank which had been left exposed by the Belgian surrender.

To isolate the Danube from any Allied intervention, Marshal Villeroi's 46, 000 troops were expected to pin the 70, 000 Dutch and English troops around Maastricht in the Low Countries, while General de Coigny protected Alsace against surprise with a further corps.

Countries which often operate with coalition cabinets include: the Nordic countries, the Benelux countries, Australia, Austria, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Turkey, Israel, New Zealand, Kosovo, Pakistan, Kenya, India, Trinidad and Tobago, Thailand and Ukraine.

Countries with high forest cover can be expected to be at early stages of the FT. GDP per capita captures the stage in a country ’ s economic development, which is linked to the pattern of natural resource use, including forests.

Through marriage, the County of Flanders was joined with most of the rest of the Low Countries around 1400 AD, and it lost its independence.

In the Early modern period, the term Flanders was associated with the southern part of the Low Countries: the Southern Netherlands.

In 2004 the Right to Food Guidelines are adopted, offering guidance to states on how to implement their obligations on the right to food .< ref > Olivier de Schutter ( 2010 ) " Countries tackling hunger with a right to food approach.

Countries with an aging population, or with a baby boom, experience increasing pre-tax Gini coefficient even if real income distribution for working adults remain constant.

In the Low Countries, an ottavino was commonly paired with an 8 ' virginals, encased in a small cubby under the soundboard of the larger instrument.

IJscolf, a game resembling Colf with the added element of an ice-covered surface, was popular in the Low Countries between the Middle Ages and the Dutch Golden Age.

Countries contribute money to a pool through a quota system from which countries with payment imbalances can borrow funds temporarily.

Countries in which Interstitial Cystitis / Painful Bladder Syndrome IC / PBS is now recognized with an official disability code:

* Financing Instrument for Cooperation with Industrialised and Other High Income Countries and Territories, an instrument of the European Union

Countries pictured ( clockwise from upper left ) are Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt ( across the Gulf of Aqabah ), Israel, and the disputed West Bank, with Jordan in the center.

Soon dispute plunged the surviving brothers into a civil war that was only settled in 843 by the Treaty of Verdun, which split the Frankish realm into three parts, to become the kernels of France and Germany, with Burgundy and the Low Countries between them.

Countries with high numbers of land mine victims

Countries are forced to follow suit, on this view, because should they not foreign investment will dry up, move places with lower " burdens " and leave more people jobless and poor.

In the same year, Mozambique became a founding member and the first President of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries ( CPLP ), and maintains close ties with other Lusophone states.

Countries seen as not being sufficiently compliant with such recommendations are subjected to financial sanctions.

The French had no strategic reserve at all ; let alone a highly mobile reserve as their three Cavalry armoured divisions ( Divisions Légères Mécaniques or Mechanised Light Divisions ), the only armoured units organised on the lines of the German armoured divisions, had already been committed in the Low Countries, which was crucial in the French failure to counteract the German penetration, as the four French Infantry armoured divisions, the Divisions cuirassées, lacked sufficient strategic mobility and squandered their power in actions of limited scope such as the Battle of Montcornet and the Battle of Abbeville, in which the 4th DCr, under Colonel De Gaulle, obtained some success against the German 57th Infantry Division.

But he was recalled in October, and the queen received him with disdain, apparently owing to his enmity for Leicester ; within a year he had returned to the Low Countries, where the new commander, Willoughby, recognised that Norreys would be better for the job, with the comment, " If I were sufficient, Norreys were superfluous ".

It takes part in a number of international exchange programmes, such as Erasmus Programme ( Europe ), Nordplus ( Nordic Countries ), FIRST ( Russia ), ISEP and International to International ISEP ( USA, South America, Asia ), UNC-EP ( USA ), north2north ( USA, Canada, Russia, Nordic Countries ), North-South-South ( Africa ).

Countries where these programmes exist include: Australia, Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Iran and the United States.

This meeting began the process of linking Developed Country community based ICT initiatives and research with initiatives being undertaken in Less Developed Countries often as part of larger economic and social development programmes funded by agencies such as the UN Development Programme, World Bank, or the International Development Research Centre.

Countries that operate large SIFE programmes may host a series of regional competitions to narrow down the number of teams eligible to compete at their national competition.

IIMSAM works to promote the use of micro-algae Spirulina ( Spirulina Platensis ) to eradicate malnutrition, achieve food security and bridge the health divide ; and its programmes have a special priority for the Developing and Least Developed Countries ( LDC ).

Countries such as China, Japan, and India have begun their own space programmes, while the European Union collectively works to create satellite systems to rival those of the United States.

It is known in European history as a rather tumultuous year with the July Revolution, the Belgian Revolution and the November Uprising taking place in respectively France, the Low Countries and Poland.

The Low Countries held an important place in the Empire.

The Dutch term specifically refers to the wave of disorderly attacks in the summer of 1566 that spread rapidly through the Low Countries from south to north, but similar outbreaks of iconoclasm took place in other parts of Europe, especially in Switzerland and the Holy Roman Empire in the period between 1522 and 1566, notably Zürich ( in 1523 ), Copenhagen ( 1530 ), Münster ( 1534 ), Geneva ( 1535 ), and Augsburg ( 1537 ).

In 1648, however, he received the command in the important field of the Low Countries, and at Lens ( 19 August ) a battle took place, which, beginning with a panic in his own regiment, was retrieved by Condé's coolness and bravery, and ended in a victory that fully restored his prestige.

Countries scoring low on assertiveness but higher in interpersonal relations may not like the social separation and pay inequity of higher / lower performing employees ; employees from this more cooperative rather than individualistic culture place more concern on interpersonal relationships with other employees rather than on individual interests.

The German and Low Countries movement, the Brothers of the Cross, is particularly well documented-they wore white robes and marched across Germany in 33. 5 day campaigns ( each day referred to a year of Jesus's earthly life ) of penance, only stopping in any one place for no more than a day.

Besides bilateral treaties, also multialteral countries are in place: Countries of the European Union ( EU ) have also entered into a multilateral agreement with respect to value added taxes under auspices of the EU, while a joint treaty of the Council of Europe and the OECD exists open to all nations.

If the Commissioners bring peace it is the happiest thing that can be ; but if they come without it, look for great matters to ensue presently upon it ; for the charge is so great that the King is at, both in Spain and here, in the Low Countries, that is cannot continue long, if he had five times the treasure he hath ... I protest before God, and as my soul shall answer for it, that I think there were never in any place in the world worthier ships than these are, for so many.

* Archive of a 1998 article in a Flemish newspaper about the place of the wedding ring in the Low Countries

Countries which have seen repeated large-scale cultural and / or linguistic changes, such as England or France, tend to have more broken down place names, as the original meaning is forgotten and drifts more quickly.

Countries that have signed the convention are required to put in place legislation that criminalises the act of bribing a foreign public official.