Apr 16, 2019
In EP83 we're looking into the East-Belgium community, officially called Ostbelgien. We look at how it became a community, why they speak German there and where the territory was shifted to over time. We'll take a helicopter view about Belgian state structure as well to recap this last 5th part on Belgian state structure.
Apr 2, 2019
EP82 of the Random history of Belgium explains the official
Brussels-Capital region in Belgium. We look at its history,
parliament, government, the language border, the
Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde issue and the identity of the region of
Brussels-Capital.
Mar 19, 2019
EP81 of the Random history of #Belgium is another part of the
"orgins" series. This time we'll take a closer look at the history
and many of the aspects of the Southern Belgium region of #Wallonia
(one of the three official regions).
some links I've mentionned during the episode can be found
here:
Mar 5, 2019
EP80 of the Random history of Belgium will take us to a trip to the 1950s with the construction of the Atomium in Brussels. We cover how it came to be, what it exactly is and its history.
Feb 19, 2019
EP79 explores the origins of the sub-state of Flanders, as a region within Belgium. We'll look at the language border, the first disputes regarding language-use and the different Belgian state reforms that led to the official Flanders region and community, with its own parliament.