B Plus is a Belgian non profit organization which promotes tolerance and solidarity between the communities of Belgium. The organization supports federalism as a way to organize the Belgian state. Gilles Vanden Burre is the president of the organization.
The organization has several notable members, such as the politicians Willy Claes, Freddy Willockx, Camille Paulus, Ludwig Vandenhove, Hervé Jamar and Pierre Chevalier. In addition, several members out of the Belgian business community, such as baron Daniel Janssen. Several members from the Belgian cultural world, such as José van Dam, Vitalski, Wim Helsen, baroness Monika van Paemel and Benno Barnard. Several journalists, such as Walter Zinzen, Geert van Istendael and Luc Van der Kelen besides sportspeople such as Jacky Ickx. Members from academia, such as Anne Morelli, Raymond Detrez, and Sophie de Schaepdrijver.
The organization was founded in 1998.
The Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium (RASAB) is a non-governmental association which promotes and organises science and the arts in Belgium by coordinating the national and international activities of its constituent academies such as the National Scientific Committees and the representation of Belgium in international scientific organisations.
This article gives an overview of liberalism in Belgium. Liberalism was a dominant force since the Belgian independence from the Netherlands. It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ denotes another party in that scheme. For inclusion in this scheme it is not necessary that parties labeled themselves as a liberal party.
Koninklijke Voetbal Club Westerlo is a Belgian professional football club located in the municipality of Westerlo in the province of Antwerp. Since 1997–98, Westerlo has been mostly playing in the Belgian Pro League, save for a short stint in the Belgian Second Division between 2012 and 2014. Their highest finish is a 6th place in 1999–00, 2003–04 and 2008–09. They have won one Belgian Cup. The only player who has ever been called up for the Belgium national football team while at Westerlo is Toni Brogno.
DPG Media Group is a Belgian media company also active in the Netherlands and Denmark. The exact ownership structure is not clear; it is believed that the group is mainly owned by the Belgian Van Thillo family. The company employs about 6,000 people.
Rudy Dhaenens was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who is most famous for winning the road race at the 1990 UCI Road World Championships as a member of the Belgian national team.
Libertarian, Direct, Democratic is a conservative-liberal, libertarian, right-wing populist Flemish political party in Belgium.
Karl Meersman is a Belgian editorial cartoonist, living in Sint-Niklaas. He is known for his weekly caricatures in the popular magazines Trends and Knack. Meersman is married to former VRT-television journalist and presenter Lies Martens.
The Coudenberg group was a Belgian federalist think-tank, it was named after the place where the members met, the Coudenberg, one of the seven hillocks on which the centre of Brussels has been built. President of the organization was the lawyer Jean-Pierre De Bandt.
Jean-Pierre, Baron de Bandt is a Belgian lawyer and former President of the Coudenberg group, a Belgian federalist think tank.
Knack is a Belgian Dutch-language weekly news magazine covering local news, politics, sports, business, jobs, and community events.
The Huizinga Lecture is an annual lecture in the Netherlands about a subject in the domains of cultural history or philosophy. The lecture is in honour of Johan Huizinga, a distinguished Dutch historian (1872–1945) who worked in the first half of the 20th century. The Lecture is organized by nationwide daily general newspaper NRC Handelsblad, the Faculty of Humanities of Leiden University, and the Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde. Attendance at the lecture was free of charge for subscribers to NRC Handelsblad, members of the Faculty of Humanities, and members of the Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde until 2010. From 2011 onwards tickets have to be bought. The lecture is held alternately by a Dutch and a non-Dutch intellectual.
The People's Party, abbreviated to PP, was a political party in Belgium. Primarily a French-speaking party, it considered itself to be to the right of the Reformist Movement, the main centre-right party in Francophone Belgium. It was often considered as a right-wing populist party. From 2016 onwards, it was considered as far-right by the Centre de recherche et d'information socio-politiques.
Sharia4Belgium was a Belgian Islamist organisation which called for Belgium to convert itself into an Islamic state. In February 2015 the group was designated a terrorist organisation by a Belgian judge. By 7 October 2012 the organization was disbanded.
The Verhofstadt II Government was the federal government of Belgium from 12 July 2003 to 21 December 2007.
The mass media in Belgium is characterized by its diversity due to the linguistic divide in the country.
Rudy Aernoudt is a Belgian professor, writer, politician, economist and philosopher, born in Torhout. He was many times Chief of staff of the Ministers of economy and innovation both in Flanders and in Wallonia, of the Belgian Minister of economics and scientific policy and of the President of the European Economic and Social Committee, Henri Malosse. He is the only person to serve as Head of Cabinet at the European, Belgian, Walloon and Flemish levels. He is professor of corporate finance at the Universities of Ghent and Nancy and Professor of Economics, Monetary and Geopolitical Environment for the International Executive MBA delivered by UCLouvain – BMI Executive Institute.
Roularta Media Group is a publishing and broadcasting company based in Roeselare, Belgium. Its operations were started in 1954.
Vi over 60 is a Norwegian language monthly magazine for seniors and is published in Bergen, Norway.
Jan Van Winckel is a Belgian football coach, UEFA and AFC Pro License Instructor and a FIFA Technical Expert. He is senior technical consultant at the United Arab Emirates Football Association and technical advisor of Al-Ahli Saudi.