The Workers' Party of Belgium is a Marxist and socialist political party in Belgium. It is one of the few Belgian parties that is a fully national party, representing both Flanders and Wallonia. Having traditionally been a small party, the PTB-PVDA has gained momentum since the 2010s, continuously scoring better at the polls and elections, particularly in Wallonia and working-class communities in Brussels.
Jemmape[ʒɛ.map] was a department of the First French Republic and of the First French Empire in present-day Belgium. It was named after the Battle of Jemappes, fought between the French and the Austrians in 1792 near the village of Jemappes, near Mons. Jemappes was spelled Jemmape, Jemmapes or Jemmappes at the time. Its territory corresponded more or less with that of the Belgian province of Hainaut. It was firstly created on 2 March 1793, and then recreated on 1 October 1795, when the Austrian Netherlands and the Prince-Bishopric of Liège were officially annexed by the French Republic. Before annexation, its territory lay in the County of Hainaut, Tournai and the Tournaisis, the County of Namur (Charleroi) and the Bishopric of Liège (Thuin).
La Dernière Heure and Les Sports is a French-language daily newspaper published in Brussels, Belgium. The paper is known for news and sports.
The Arrondissement of Soignies is one of the seven administrative arrondissements in the Walloon province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Royal Association Athlétique Louviéroise La Louvière, abbreviated to RAAL La Louvière, is a Belgian association football club located in La Louvière, in the province of Hainaut. The club, founded in 2009 out of a merger, plays in the Belgian National Division 1, the third tier of Belgian football.
Cercle Sportif Visé was a Belgian association football club from the city of Visé in the province of Liège. The club played its home matches at Stade de la Cité de l'Oie in Visé. They were nicknamed Les Oies, after the city of Visé nickname. On 28 October 2014, the club was declared bankrupt.
Volley De Haan is a women's volleyball team based in De Haan, Belgium. The club was founded in 1968.
Sharks Charleroi, previously Dauphines Charleroi, is a Belgian women's volleyball club from Charleroi.
The Division of Honour is the highest level of women's volleyball in Belgium.
Farnoosh Sheikhi is an Iranian volleyball player who plays for Iran women's national volleyball team since 2009. She was a member of the national team in 2012 Asian Women's Cup Volleyball Championship. Sheikhi plays for Dauphines Charleroi as a middle blocker. She is first Iranian player in volleyball Belgian League, and first player who wear veil.
Celine Laforge is a Belgian female former volleyball player, playing as a setter. She was part of the Belgium women's national volleyball team.
On 6 August 2016, a man attacked two policewomen with a machete in Charleroi, Belgium, before being shot dead by another police officer.
Christophe Janssens is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Deinze.
Mehdigholi Bayat is a French-Iranian sports administrator who serves as president of the Royal Belgian Football Association and managing director of Royal Charleroi Sporting Club.
Air Belgium S.A. is a Belgian scheduled and charter airline headquartered in Mont-Saint-Guibert and based at Brussels Airport.
Mathias Janssens is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for club RAAL La Louvière as a goalkeeper.
UCLouvain Charleroi is a campus of the University of Louvain in Charleroi, Belgium. Consisting of 3 faculties and a series of research centers and institutes, UCLouvain Charleroi consists of the Maison Georges Lemaître, in the center of the city, and a branch in Montignies-sur-Sambre.
Sport en France is a French free-to-air sports television channel. It was launched in 2019 and is headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris. In 2020, the channel signed on a content exchange program with France Televisions.
Gabriel Lemoine is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian National Division 1 club RAAL La Louvière.
Maxime Vandermeulen is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian Division 2 club Rebecq.
