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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
As a Belgian, I am shocked by the disinformation around the candidacy and person of Mr Van Rompuy, especially by the British tabloids ( The great EU stitch-up , 20 November). Their comments are an insult. Van Rompuy is not to be an executive president like the US president; he is the chairman, a consensus-builder of a Europe of nations. He is not in favour of a European national hymn, flag or tax....
rsseurope.net | Published News (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Many Belgians fear chaos will return as the stabilising influence of Herman Van Rompuy is removed Belgium is celebrating like it's already New Year's Eve. The European heads of state have reached an agreement on who will become the European Union's first permanent president . And yes, the man's from Belgium. From January onwards, the Belgian prime minister Herman Van Rompuy will serve as the first...
The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
Belgian parliamentarians cheered and applauded their departing Prime Minister hours before his official nomination to the post of European Union President yesterday.
Bulgarian Elections (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ok so I was wrong last night. I had underestimated Fredrick Reinfeldt. The Swedish Prime Minsiter managed to find a consenus and before they even finished eating their line-caught bass. Against the odds, all 27 European leaders agreed on the Council’s …
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Belgium’s papers all lead with the nomination of Herman Van Rompuy to the post of President of the European Council. In the UK however there's less interest in Catherine Ashton’s selection as the EU’s first High Representative for Foreign Affairs.
Newspaper Innovation (Free subscription) | yesterday
Belgian free daily Metro (Concentra Group) publishes six times a year a glossy DeLuxe magazine with a circulation of 250,000 copies. The last issue of this year will be published on December 11 and is devoted to Xmas and the end of the year. Topics are new books, cd’s, dvd’s, games, party clothes, diner tips and trips [...]
Google News - Top Stories (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
guardian.co.uk Profile: Herman Van Rompuy, Belgium's Mr Fixit guardian.co.uk Herman Van Rompuy, Belgium's centre-right prime minister, pulled off the coup of a long political career tonightby ascending to the post of president of the European Council, the new summiteering role established by the Lisbon treaty. ... European Union settles on a Belgian and a Briton for top posts Los Angeles Times EU...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Herman Van Rompuy, Belgium's centre-right prime minister, pulled off the coup of a long political career tonightby ascending to the post of president of the European Council, the new summiteering role established by the Lisbon treaty. Known as Belgium's Mr Fixit for his low-key, patient work behind the scenes struggling to hold a fractious country together, Van Rompuy won the bad-tempered contest...
Crooked Timber (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
So the news is spreading that the Belgian PM, Herman Van Rompuy, would be the first president of the EU. I am not going to comment on what that means for the EU now. It’s after nine in the evening here, and I’m preparing my teaching for tomorrow morning (and for reasons I need not [...]
People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday congratulated Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy on his election as European Union's first president, saying the United States is looking forward to working closely with EU to address common challenges. The Belgian prime minister on Thursday was unanimously elected as the first full-time EU president and Britain's EU Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton...
rsseurope.net | Published News (Free subscription) | yesterday
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icWales (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
EU leaders have opted for little-known compromise candidate Belgian Premier Herman Van Rompuy to become the bloc's first full-time president, diplomats have said.
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - Liverpool News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
EU leaders have opted for little-known compromise candidate Belgian Premier Herman Van Rompuy to become the bloc's first full-time president, diplomats have said.
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kellya | 08/01/2009
There’s nothing worse than waking up in a freezing house. I was warm and cozy in my bed today, bundled up and buried in my pillows, but it was cold beyond my bed. When I finally convinced myself to get up, I tucked the purple afghan around me and looked out the window only to see the hovering fog. The weather in Belgium is not unlike the British countryside or northern California: cold, gray, and rainy.
kellya | 08/01/2009
Between 2004 and 2007, the U.S. textile export have fluctuated, but the market share is expected to grow in the next few years due to the weak value of the U.S. dollar compared to the Euro. Last year, the U.S. has had success on the Belgian market exporting: textile mill products, yarn, fabric, floor coverings, and bedroom furnishings. The water and waste water markets also offer good opportunities
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