Failure by Belgium's political parties to form a government since elections in June have prompted fears of a split in the tiny European country. Al Jazeera's Tania Page reports from Belgium, where the country is seen as roughly divided between the Dutch-speakers in the North and the mainly Franco-phone population in the south.
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Another Belgian government has just collapsed because of a dispute over language. The coalition headed by Prime Minister Yves Leterme lasted just five months. The break-up comes only a few weeks before Belgium is due to take over the rotating EU presidency.The long-simmering spat centers around Francophone Belgians living in the Dutch-speaking suburbs around the capital. Some French speakers there continue to refuse to learn Dutch. But Flemish politicians insist that Dutch is the only official language in those areas. Francophone mayors who sent out election notices in French have not been confirmed in office. And soon anyone wishing to buy a house in the suburbs around Brussels may have to prove that they can speak Dutch fluently. The gulf between French-speaking Walloons and the Dutch-speaking Flemish continues to grow.
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Check our Solar Net TV Table of Content in order to find more videos you'd like: www.solarnet.tv The "How to greet people..." video series was produced during the Solar Net Youth Peace Forum 2010.
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This video is a TV broadcast (on RTL Luxembourg) of an event that took place in the Truck Center in Habay, Belgium. The purpose of the event was to promote the Luxemburgish language through a language and food taster session. The taster event was part of a European project called Taste The Language.
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Cultural differences between the Dutch and the Belgiums
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The languages in Belgium were walloon and flemish. Only the walloons accepted the imported language.
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Short item for the program '1000zonnen&garnalen' by the Belgian National channel VRT on 3 Delorean Owners and members of the Belgian Delorean Club.
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In this interview made for a Belgian program called "De rode loper" (translated the red carpet) Charlize Theron answers to the questions in her own language Afrikaans, because dutch is very close to her language she understands the belgian interviewer. It's just lovely to hear her speak in Afrikaans! Enjoy the video!
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www.centerforbodylanguage.com Follow 2 months FREE e-Course Body Language on http
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April 2008 The nation's politicians are bickering over an issue that's plagued the country since its creation in 1830: how do you reconcile the French speaking Walloons in the south and the Dutch speaking Flemish in the north? How can you have national co-operation when the people who make up the nation don't share a common language let alone read the same newspapers, watch the same television or vote for the same politicians? Asked "What is Belgium actually for?" those on the Flemish far right have a devastating answer. "Belgium in my opinion is an occupier, because basically it was created to let the French culture dominate the Dutch culture, so in my opinion it's an occupier." That's the opinion of the new leader of the Flemish far-right, Bruno Valkeniers. The conflict even intrudes into the celebrity show biz media. Minutes after being crowned Miss Belgium, Alizee Poulicek, a French speaker, stepped out of the pages of a fashion magazine and into the fire of the separatist debate. Asked an innocuous question in Flemish (Dutch), she was unable to reply. Booed by the crowd she was pilloried by the Dutch language press as being representative of the arrogance displayed by French speaking Belgians. Ms Poulicek has seen the linguistic light and confides in Epstein that actually she's very keen, "to learn Dutch and to do a lot of things on the Dutch side of the country and with Dutch people... and I have to do my best to try to speak Dutch." Produced by ABC Australia ...
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Eurovision song contest 2003
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kindred @ dutch-belgian hc fest II (eindhoven, the netherlands, 1997)
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Part two of the Ask Away clip :) Titles of YouTube videos seem to be all in caps lately... I don't get that, but I don't mind joining in :) Hope you're all well! Turns out today is international day of awesomeness, so DFTBA! :D My facebook page: www.facebook.com My twitter page: twitter.com Music by Brad Sucks: Intro: "Making Me Nervous" During: "I Think I Started a Trend" www.bradsucks.net
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My favorite episode of the Smurfs. Brenda is awesome little sorceress, she turned the Brainy smurf and even evil wizard Gargamel into pigs. The Smurfs are little blue creatures that live in mushroom houses in a forest inhabited mainly by their own kind. The smurfs average daily routine is attempting to avoid Gargomel, an evil man who wants to kill our little blue friends. A long running and popular cartoon show. Details Official Sites: Smurf's Official site | Add/edit official sites » Country: USA | Belgium Language: English Release Date: 12 September 1981 (USA) Production Companies Hanna-Barbera Productions SEPP International SA Wang Film Productions Company (in association with) (1986-1989) Cuckoo's Nest Studios (in association with) (1986-1989) Toei Animation Company (in association with) (1987) Distributors Belgische Radio en Televisie (BRT) (19??-????) (Belgium) (TV) (BRT1) Cinemax (2010) (Russia) (all media) (CIS) Kindernet (1989-2002) (Netherlands) (TV) National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1981-1990) (USA) (TV) RTL Entertainment (1993-1996) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL4) SBS6 (2008-) (Netherlands) (TV) TeleRep (1985-1986) (USA) (TV) Telepictures Distribution (1992-1997) (USA) (TV) Turner Program Services (TPS) (1990-1992) (USA) (TV) Verenigde Arbeiders Radio Amateurs (VARA) (1982-1990) (Netherlands) (TV) Warner Bros. Television (1997) (USA) (TV) Warner Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD) Worldvision Enterprises (1986-1990) (USA) (TV) Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (1983-19 ...
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One of the most common complaints Flemish Belgians level at their French-speaking compatriots is that they're too lazy to learn Dutch. But that's certainly not the case at this class in the Brussels suburbs.
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Will Belgium soon break up? The quarrel between French-speaking Walloons and Dutch-speaking Flemings is getting sharper ahead of elections coming next month. Opinion polls show a rise in Flemish separatist feeling. Will the Flemings and Walloons be able to agree on reforms for a future Belgium?... www.euronews.net/
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A short animated film about the Belgian political structure. The text was written by Marcel Sel, a Belgian writer, author of Walen Buiten, a best-seller on the «Belgian Crisis». The music was specifically composed by Laurent Aglat for the film, and Emma Dornan's beautiful voice gave the commentary its magical tone. The film was directed by Jerome de Gerlache. Special thanks to Karine Quarant-Schmidt ! blog.marcelsel.com http www.jeromedegerlache.com
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Bangla New year 1414 celebrated by Association of Bangladesh Community Belgium ( ABCB ) at Brussels. Report for London based community channel Bangla TV.
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retsen detsen de soa sletsen... some things just need to be said!
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Association of Bangladeshi student in Belgium.wmv(Courtesy-BELGIUM BANGLA THEATRE)
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